Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native American funeral ceremony]
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Accession number:
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02597
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Record number:
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02597-7
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JCB call number:
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E752 L442g
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Image title:
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[Native American funeral ceremony]
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Place image published:
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[Erfurt]
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Image publisher:
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[Joh. David Jungnicol]
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Image date:
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1752
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 266
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.1 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 carry the bodies of three of their number to graves marked with crosses. Burial area is surrounded by a palisade. In the foreground a European man reaches toward a native American holding a gun or musket and a circular piece of cloth or clothing. Another native American woman and man stand next to the European. Includes spears and dwellings.
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Source creator:
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Le Beau, Claude
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Source Title:
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[Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau. German] Geschichte des Herrn C. Le Beau, Advocat im Parlament. Oder Merckwürdige und neue Reise zu denen Wilden des nordlichen Theils von America. ... Anderer Theil. ...
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Source place of publication:
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Erfurt
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Source publisher:
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druckts und verlegts Joh. David Jungnicol.
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Source date:
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1752
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notes:
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Claude Le Beau was the son of a good family who was transported as a prisoner, probably for the crime of libertinism, to Canada. The ship on which he sailed, the Eléphant, was wrecked on September 1, 1729, at Cape Brûle, about 30 miles from Quebec. The crew and passengers were saved. In 1731 he was condemned to death for running away and was hanged and garroted in effigy. Nevertheless, he reached Boston and sailed from there to Holland where his adventures were first published in 1738. His book was denigrated as a novel, but it is valuable for its descriptions of native American life and habits. Text describes the Iroquois manner of burial.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=903&&PHPSESSID=s9cmu40404t25oo3o9iojuno46 (Jan. 2009)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1851.
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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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North 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 North America--Funeral customs and rites
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