Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native Americans of South America]
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Accession number:
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09230
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Record number:
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09230-2
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JCB call number:
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E718 F896r
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Image title:
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[Native Americans of South America]
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[R. & G. Wetstein]
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Image date:
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[1718]
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.6 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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An Indigenous woman prepares cornmeal or maize with grinding tools [manos and metates], and Indigenous men sit on a balsa raft. In the background a man lassos cattle, people dance in a circle, and people watch a game. Also includes a volcano erupting, a ship, a crustacan [lobster?], a seal, swordfish, war club, spear, paddles, feathered headdesses, shells, and strawberry plant [?].
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Source creator:
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Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
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Source Title:
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[Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili, du Pérou, et du Brésil, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713, & 1714. Dutch] Reis-Beschryving door de Zuid-Zee langs de Kusten van Chili, Peru en Brazil
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Source place of publication:
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Te Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By R. en G. Wetstein
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Source date:
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1718
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Indigenous peoples of South America
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