COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
80-160
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80-160
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Record number:
80-160-2
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80-160-2
Record number
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JCB call number:
D676 P738l / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D676 P738l / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
Quoniambec A Giantlike man
image_title
Quoniambec A Giantlike man
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Cambridge]
place_image_published
[Cambridge]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[John Hayes, for William Lee]
image_publisher
[John Hayes, for William Lee]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1676]
image_date
[1676]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration, p. 86
image_function
illustration, p. 86
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
8.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
8.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34.2 cm.
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34.2 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
21.1 cm.
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21.1 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
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Description:
Portrait of the native American ruler or king, Quoniambec or Cunhambebe, holding a war club, wearing a gorget, lip and cheek plugs (face stones), and feathered headdress and ornament.
description
Portrait of the native American ruler or king, Quoniambec or Cunhambebe, holding a war club, wearing a gorget, lip and cheek plugs (face stones), and feathered headdress and ornament.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
source_creator
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres. English] Prosopographia: or, Some select pourtraitures and lives of ancient and modern illustrious personages ...
source_title
[Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres. English] Prosopographia: or, Some select pourtraitures and lives of ancient and modern illustrious personages ...
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Source place of publication:
Cambridge
source_place_of_publication
Cambridge
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false
Source publisher:
Printed by John Hayes, for William Lee, at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter Lane, London
source_publisher
Printed by John Hayes, for William Lee, at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter Lane, London
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1676
source_date
1676
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notes:
Text describes the Tupinamba (also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi) chief as possessing enormous strength, fierceness, and being of giant size. Cunhambebe (called Konyan Bebe by Hans Staden), elected chief of the Tamoyo Confereration of native tribes, waged war against the Portuguese until 1567.
notes
Text describes the Tupinamba (also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi) chief as possessing enormous strength, fierceness, and being of giant size. Cunhambebe (called Konyan Bebe by Hans Staden), elected chief of the Tamoyo Confereration of native tribes, waged war against the Portuguese until 1567.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
References:
Schlesinger, R., ed. Portraits from the age of exploration, p.132
references_
Schlesinger, R., ed. Portraits from the age of exploration, p.132
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1979.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1979.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Brazil
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Brazil
Subject headings
false