Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Polarmenschen.
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Accession number:
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63-248
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Record number:
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63-248-4
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JCB call number:
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J796 W959u
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Image title:
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Polarmenschen.
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Place image published:
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[Leipzig ]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf & Co.]
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Image date:
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[1796]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate 11; following p. 290
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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36 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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German
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Description:
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Native American men and women from Greenland, as well as Eskimo or Inuit, and other people of the Arctic region. Includes baby carried in the mother's boot, fish, bows, spears, and arrows.
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Source creator:
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Wünsch, Christian Ernst, 1744-1828
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Source Title:
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[Kosmologische Unterhaltungen] Unterhaltung uber den menschen ...
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Source place of publication:
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Leipzig
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Source publisher:
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Bei Joh. Gottl. Imm. Breitkopf, John u. Comp.
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Source date:
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1796
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notes:
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Wünsch, a German philosopher, mathematician, and physician, first wrote this anthropological study of mankind in 1770. He focused on culture and man's external appearances.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1963.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R. I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Inuit--Clothing
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Subject headings:
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Eskimos--Clothing
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Subject headings:
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Ethnology
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