COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
08984
Record number:
08984-115
JCB call number:
F707 N111v
Image title:
[Silversmithing of native Americans in Peru]
Place image published:
[Leiden]
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image date:
1706
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 12, [part 1], following p. 60
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
13.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
Page dimension height:
17 cm.
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native Americans melt, anneal, and chase silver. Goldsmiths or silversmiths tend a fire and blow on the flames of the hearth or foundry. Includes baskets, feathered garments, and dwellings.
Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source date:
1707
notes:
Text discusses the silversmiths of the Incas. This image is derived from Theodor de Bry's America, part 6, plate 27, which describes the goldsmiths of Huayna-Capac who were master craftsmen. They used clay furnaces and the men blew on the coals with tubes to create enough heat to work the gold.This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Seer aanmerkelijke scheeps-togten, gedaan door Franciscus Pizarrus, en Didacus Almagrus, van Panama na Peru ... , Leiden, 1706.This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1849.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Gold figurines--Peru
Subject headings:
Goldsmiths
Subject headings:
Inca goldwork
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Peru