Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Opferung eines gefangenen bey de Antiern
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Accession number:
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34079
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Record number:
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34079-2
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JCB call number:
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J777 P985s
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Image title:
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Opferung eines gefangenen bey de Antiern
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Creator 1:
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Zell
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc.
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Place image published:
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[Frankfurt am Main]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Gottlieb Garbe]
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Image date:
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[1777]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate 2; vol. 1, at end
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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16.1 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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Native Americans torture another by cutting him, collecting his blood, and eating his flesh (scene of cannibalism). Includes a temple in the background in which a skeleton hangs and before which people make an offering. Includes knives, shield, war club, arrows, and post at which the victim is tied.
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Source creator:
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Purmann, Johann Georg, 1733-1813
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Source Title:
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Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in America
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Source place of publication:
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Frankfurth am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
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Source publisher:
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bey Johann Gottlieb Garbe
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Source date:
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1777
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notes:
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Cf. 02318-5. The engraver may be Johann Michael Zell, 1740-1815.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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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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Cannibalism
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Rites and ceremonies
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Subject headings:
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Incas
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