COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
0656
accession_no
0656
Accession number
false
Record number:
0656-10
record_number
0656-10
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E558 T416sp
jcb_call_no
E558 T416sp
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[... d'un arbre nommé Ahouaï.]
image_title
[... d'un arbre nommé Ahouaï.]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Heirs of Maurice de la Porte]
image_publisher
[Heirs of Maurice de la Porte]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1558]
image_date
[1558]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; verso of leaf 66
image_function
plate; verso of leaf 66
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
10.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
15.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Native Americans around a tree string kernels together to make leg ornaments. Includes feathered headdresses and maraca or religious object.
description
Native Americans around a tree string kernels together to make leg ornaments. Includes feathered headdresses and maraca or religious object.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
source_creator
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Les singularitez de la France Antarctique] Les singularitez de la France Antarctique autrement nommée Amerique
source_title
[Les singularitez de la France Antarctique] Les singularitez de la France Antarctique autrement nommée Amerique
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez les heritiers de Maurice de la Porte, au Clos Bruneau, à l'ensiegne S. Claude
source_publisher
Chez les heritiers de Maurice de la Porte, au Clos Bruneau, à l'ensiegne S. Claude
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1558
source_date
1558
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes a tree used by medicine men to call on evil spirits. The fruit of the Thevetia ahouai (or Thevetia peruviana) tree (now named after Thevet since he was the first to describe it), is very poisonous and is used to poison or to cause abortions. It is also used to make the leg rattles. Title is from chapter title. Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon, stayed only ten weeks, and wrote Les singularitez from his own observations and those of others.
notes
Text describes a tree used by medicine men to call on evil spirits. The fruit of the Thevetia ahouai (or Thevetia peruviana) tree (now named after Thevet since he was the first to describe it), is very poisonous and is used to poison or to cause abortions. It is also used to make the leg rattles. Title is from chapter title. Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon, stayed only ten weeks, and wrote Les singularitez from his own observations and those of others.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Brazil
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Brazil
Subject headings
false