Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Juegos Mexicanos
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Accession number:
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70-352
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Record number:
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70-352-3
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JCB call number:
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BA803 H542s
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Image title:
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Juegos Mexicanos
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Place image published:
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[Mexico]
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Image publisher:
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[Maria Fernandez Jauregui]
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Image date:
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1803
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 132
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.5 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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Languages:
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Spanish
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Description:
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Method of dancing among native Mexicans. Men dance while standing on each other's shoulders and while standing on a log. Other men balance on a log which a third man keeps aloft by lying on his back and holding the log with his feet.
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Source creator:
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Heredia y Sarmiento, Joseph Ignacio, 1779-1809
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Source Title:
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Sermon panegirico de la gloriosa aparicion de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, que en el dia 12 de diciembre de 1801 ...
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Source place of publication:
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[Mexico]
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Source publisher:
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En la Imprenta de doña Maria Fernandez Jauregui, calle de Stô. Domingo
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Source date:
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1803
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notes:
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Text describes the dancing of the natives of Mexico. Some danced on each other's shoulders, others balanced on logs held up by other men.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1970.
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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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Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs
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Subject headings:
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Indian dance--Mexico
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