Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Quoniambec A Giantlike man
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Accession number:
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80-160
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Record number:
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80-160-2
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JCB call number:
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D676 P738l / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Quoniambec A Giantlike man
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Place image published:
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[Cambridge]
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Image publisher:
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[John Hayes, for William Lee]
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Image date:
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[1676]
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Image function:
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illustration, p. 86
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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8.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.1 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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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Thevet, André, 1502-1590
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Source Title:
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[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:
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Cambridge
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Source publisher:
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Printed by John Hayes, for William Lee, at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter Lane, London
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Source date:
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1676
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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Schlesinger, R., ed. Portraits from the age of exploration, p.132
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1979.
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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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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Brazil
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