COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
09379
Record number:
09379-4
JCB call number:
H719 G322v
Image title:
Idole de la pluye
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Etienne Ganeau]
Image date:
1719
Image function:
plate; vol. 6, following p. 78
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
13.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
8.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
9.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Tlaloc, the idol of rain, is shown holding an obsidian knife, shield, and wearing a feather headdress.
Source creator:
Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725
Source Title:
[Giro du mondo. French] Voyage du tour du monde ... Tome sixieme
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Etienne Ganeau, Libraire rue S. Jacques, aux Armes de Dombes, vis-à-vis la Fontaine S. Severin
Source date:
.1719
notes:
Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain, presided over the third era of the Mexica. His attributes include rimmed eyes, a crown of heron feathers, and a "netted" cloud dress. Cf. 08792-5, for A collection of voyages and travels, London, 1704, which includes Gemelli Careri's voyage and 12806-1.An abridged translation, variously attributed to Eustache Le Noble (1643-1711) and to L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais.Gemelli Careri was a world traveler who went around the world starting with the Holy Land and ending in Mexico. His five-year journey which began in 1693 ended by taking the silver fleet back to Spain from Cuba.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1970.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Religion
Subject headings:
Aztec gods--Mexico
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Religion
Subject headings:
Tlaloc (Aztec deity)
Idole de la pluye
