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:
01631
accession_no
01631
Accession number
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Record number:
01631-79
record_number
01631-79
Record number
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JCB call number:
F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Aztec idol or god]
image_title
[Aztec idol or god]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Jacob Meurs]
image_publisher
[Jacob Meurs]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1671]
image_date
[1671]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 223
image_function
illustration; p. 223
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
16.6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
16.6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
31.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
31.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19.4 cm.
page_dimensions_width
19.4 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Mexican idol or god holding a smoking mirror in one hand and a shield with arrows in the other. Wearing a feathered headdress and ornaments, the idol is seated before a curtain decorated with skulls and bones. Native Americans kneel before the figure.
description
Mexican idol or god holding a smoking mirror in one hand and a shield with arrows in the other. Wearing a feathered headdress and ornaments, the idol is seated before a curtain decorated with skulls and bones. Native Americans kneel before the figure.
Description
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Source creator:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
source_creator
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Source creator
false
Source Title:
De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
source_title
De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
t'Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
t'Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
source_publisher
By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1671
source_date
1671
Source date
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notes:
Tezcatlipoca, or "Smoking Mirror," was an omnipresent and omnipotent god, the god of the night sky and memory in the Aztec pantheon.
notes
Tezcatlipoca, or "Smoking Mirror," was an omnipresent and omnipotent god, the god of the night sky and memory in the Aztec pantheon.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1847.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1847.
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:
Aztecs--Religion
subject_heads
Aztecs--Religion
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
Subject headings
false