MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01631
Record number:
01631-68
JCB call number:
F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
Image title:
[Native American temple]
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Jacob Meurs]
Image date:
[1671]
Image function:
illustration; p. 139
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12.6 cm.
Image dimension width:
16.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
31.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Interior of a native American temple with an idol or god. The idol holds a shield in each hand and an arrow in his mouth. Includes priests sacrificing victims on an altar before the idol and other worshipers bowing before the altar. Includes feathered headdresses.
Source creator:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Source Title:
De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
Source place of publication:
t'Amsterdam
Source publisher:
By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
Source date:
1671
notes:
This image, seemingly derived from images of native Mexican temples (the idol holds shields similar to ones shown on Huitzilopochtli, an Aztec or Mexican deity), illustrates native American practices of Virginia.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1847.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Religion
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies

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