Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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12397
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Record number:
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12397-2
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JCB call number:
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J662 S387n
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Image title:
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[Title page]
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Place image published:
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In 's Graven-hage [The Hague]
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Image publisher:
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by Iohannes Tongerloo [Johannes Tongerloo]
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Image date:
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1662
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Image function:
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title page
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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8.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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18.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15 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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Native Americans [?] sacrifice children on an altar. Includes priests with knives who place the infants on a pyre. Also includes snakes, skulls, and dog [?]. In the background is a funeral scene with bodies being buried in graves.
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Source creator:
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Schultze, Gottfried, 1611-1662
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Source Title:
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[Neu-augirte Welt-Beschreibung. Dutch] De nieuwe bereysde wereldt
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Source place of publication:
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In 's Graven-hage [The Hague]
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Source publisher:
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by Iohannes Tongerloo
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Source date:
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1662
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notes:
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This book describes the religious practices of the Indians of Mexico, as well as the natives of the East Indies.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1919.
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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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Spanish America
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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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Human sacrifice--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
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Subject headings:
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Child sacrifice
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