Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native Americans prepare to kill a captive]
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Accession number:
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08984
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Record number:
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08984-154
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JCB call number:
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F706 A111n
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Image title:
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[Native Americans prepare to kill a captive]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Pieter van der Aa]
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Image date:
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[1706]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 15, [part 1], following p. 98
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.5 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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Native Americans hold a prisoner around the waist with a rope while a man with a war club prepares to execute him. Women stand around with hands over their mouths. Includes palisades, feathered headdresses and ornaments, dwelling, fire, and bows.
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Source Title:
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Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
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Source place of publication:
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In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
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Source date:
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1707
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notes:
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Text describes ceremonies by which the Tupinamba, also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi, kill their captives.This image follows the special title page for Hans Staden, De voorname Scheeps-togten van Jan Staden van Homburg in Hessen, na Brazil ... , Leiden, 1706, and is similar to Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, p. 125 & 212. 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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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Captivity of Hans Stade, Hakluyt Society, Series 1, vol. 51, p. 158-159
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1849.
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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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Brazil
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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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Indians of South America--Rites and ceremonies
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Subject headings:
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Tupinamba Indians
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Brazil
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