MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
06860
Record number:
06860-8
JCB call number:
H598 V411h
Image title:
[Noblewomen of Mexico]
Place image published:
[Venice]
Image publisher:
[Sessa]
Image date:
1598
Image function:
plate; leaf 494 verso
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
15.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
10 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
11.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native American noblewomen from Mexico and Nicaragua wear striped garments and hold a piece of cloth in their hands.
Source creator:
Vecellio, Cesare, ca. 1521-1601
Source Title:
[De gli habiti antichi et moderni] Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo
Source place of publication:
In Venetia [Venice]
Source publisher:
Appresso i Sessa
Source date:
1598
notes:
The text describes the clothing of the women being made of brightly-colored striped wool. They wore linen cloths which they wrapped around their heads to show respect or for attending church. Vecellio's popular book on costumes included not only the dress of his native Venice, but clothing from ancient times and from the Americas along with social commentary about the illustrated people and their attire. The woodcuts for this book were created by Christoph Krieger.Image title taken from text.
Time Period:
1492-1600
References:
http://www.neh.gov/… (May 2009)
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1884.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Clothing

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