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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03374
Record number:
03374-7
JCB call number:
E558 T416sa
Image title:
[Le maniere de leur combat, tant sur eau, que sur terre.]
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
Image publisher:
[Christophle Plantin]
Image date:
[1558]
Image function:
illustration; leaf 73
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
4.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
6.6 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
10 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Scene of warfare between the native American tribes. Cultural artifacts include clubs, bows and arrows, feather ornaments, feathered headdresses, [horns?], and shields. In the background, dwellings are on fire.
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source Title:
[Les singularitez de la France Antarctique] Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique
Source place of publication:
A Anvers [Antwerp]
Source publisher:
De l'imprimerie de Christophle Plantin a la Licorne d'or
Source date:
1558
notes:
Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon, stayed ten weeks, and wrote his book from his own observations and those of others. Image title taken from chapter title.
Time Period:
1492-1600
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples

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