Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Tupinamba feast]
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Accession number:
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08984
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Record number:
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08984-159
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JCB call number:
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F706 A111n
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Image title:
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[Tupinamba feast]
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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 2], following p. 68
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.5 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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19.5 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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Scene of cannibalism in which native Americans prepare a feast. A man fans a fire over which human limbs are roasting. Women and children stand and eat. Includes grill, cook fire, dwellings, and a bearded man.
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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 how the Tupinamba, also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi, prepare human beings for a feast.This image is similar to Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, p. 179, and follows the special title page for Jean de Lery, De seer aanmerklijke en vermaarde reys van Johannes Lerius na Brazil in America. Gedaan Anno 1556 ... , 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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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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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Cannibalism--Brazil
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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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