COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
06944
accession_no
06944
Accession number
false
Record number:
06944-65
record_number
06944-65
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Musical Instruments of the African Negroes.
image_title
Musical Instruments of the African Negroes.
Image title
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
image_publisher
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Image publisher
false
Image date:
Decr. 1st. 1791
image_date
Decr. 1st. 1791
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 69; vol. 2, following p. 286
image_function
plate 69; vol. 2, following p. 286
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29 cm.
page_dimensions_height
29 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Collection of musical instruments from Africa, including drums, stringed instruments, banjo, flute, horn, thumb piano, rattles, and others. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjacent text.
description
Collection of musical instruments from Africa, including drums, stringed instruments, banjo, flute, horn, thumb piano, rattles, and others. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjacent text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
source_creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II.
source_title
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
source_publisher
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1796
source_date
1796
Source date
false
notes:
Stedman's collection of musical instruments are now in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkendunde in Leiden, the Netherlands.
notes
Stedman's collection of musical instruments are now in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkendunde in Leiden, the Netherlands.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. 663
references_
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. 663
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Musical instruments--Suriname
subject_heads
Musical instruments--Suriname
Subject headings
false