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:
34079-27
record_number
34079-27
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J777 P985s
jcb_call_no
J777 P985s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Todes Straffe der Iroquoisen.
image_title
Todes Straffe der Iroquoisen.
Image title
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:
[1779]
image_date
[1779]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold out plate 3; vol. 3, at end
image_function
fold out plate 3; vol. 3, at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
15.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.8 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
16.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
16.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Iroquois torture and execute victims. At top men with pipes watch while the captive is burned with hatchet blades heated in a fire. At bottom, the captive tied with a rope is beaten with a ceremonial club. Cultural artifacts include shield, feathered headdresses and ornaments, pots, and ropes.
description
Iroquois torture and execute victims. At top men with pipes watch while the captive is burned with hatchet blades heated in a fire. At bottom, the captive tied with a rope is beaten with a ceremonial club. Cultural artifacts include shield, feathered headdresses and ornaments, pots, and ropes.
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 ... Dritter Theil
source_title
Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in America ... Dritter Theil
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:
1779
source_date
1779
Source date
false
notes:
This image is derived from Joseph François Lafitau, Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, vol. 2, plate 14, where it illustrates Iroquois and Brazilian Indian practices of torture and execution.
notes
This image is derived from Joseph François Lafitau, Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, vol. 2, plate 14, where it illustrates Iroquois and Brazilian Indian practices of torture and execution.
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North 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:
Torture
subject_heads
Torture
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
subject_heads
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
Subject headings
false