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:
34079
accession_no
34079
Accession number
false
Record number:
34079-10
record_number
34079-10
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J777 P985s
jcb_call_no
J777 P985s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Opfer welches die Floridaner der sonne mit ihrer erst-gebuhrt bringen.
image_title
Opfer welches die Floridaner der sonne mit ihrer erst-gebuhrt bringen.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Zell
creator1
Zell
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Sc:
creator1_role
Sc:
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Johann Gottlieb Garbe]
image_publisher
[Johann Gottlieb Garbe]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1777]
image_date
[1777]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate 10; vol. 1, at end
image_function
fold-out plate 10; vol. 1, at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.7 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17 cm.
page_dimensions_width
17 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 American woman weeps before a tree trunk while another woman holds a baby. Other women dance around the woman and baby. A ruler or chief sits on a bench with other men nearby. Includes war clubs.
description
Native American woman weeps before a tree trunk while another woman holds a baby. Other women dance around the woman and baby. A ruler or chief sits on a bench with other men nearby. Includes war clubs.
Description
false
Source creator:
Purmann, Johann Georg, 1733-1813
source_creator
Purmann, Johann Georg, 1733-1813
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in America
source_title
Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in America
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Frankfurth am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Frankfurth am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bey Johann Gottlieb Garbe
source_publisher
bey Johann Gottlieb Garbe
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1777
source_date
1777
Source date
false
notes:
This image is derived from the second part of Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 2, plate 34, and describes how the natives sacrifice their first-born son to their chief in Florida. The mother whose child it is weeps in front of the tree trunk upon which the sacrifice is to occur. The engraver may be Johann Michael Zell, 1740-1815.
notes
This image is derived from the second part of Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 2, plate 34, and describes how the natives sacrifice their first-born son to their chief in Florida. The mother whose child it is weeps in front of the tree trunk upon which the sacrifice is to occur. The engraver may be Johann Michael Zell, 1740-1815.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1871.
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
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:
Child sacrifice
subject_heads
Child sacrifice
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Human sacrifice
subject_heads
Human sacrifice
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
subject_heads
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
Subject headings
false