Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Women of Peru]
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Accession number:
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06860
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Record number:
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06860-5
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JCB call number:
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H598 V411h
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Image title:
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[Women of Peru]
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Place image published:
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[Venice]
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Image publisher:
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[Sessa]
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Image date:
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1598
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Image function:
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plate; verso leaf 491
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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15.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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18.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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11.7 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 American women from Peru. Clothed in a dress of striped woven cotton with a wide belt of striped cotton around her waist, one woman holds a drop spindle in one hand and makes yarn. Another woman wearing a cloak stands in the background.
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Source creator:
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Vecellio, Cesare, ca. 1521-1601
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Source Title:
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[De gli habiti antichi et moderni] Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo
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Source place of publication:
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In Venetia [Venice]
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Source publisher:
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Appresso i Sessa
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Source date:
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1598
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notes:
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The text decribes the striped and multi-colored material used to clothe the women.Vecellio's popular book on costumes included not only the dress of his native Venice, but clothing from ancient times and from the Americas along with social commentary about the illustrated people and their attire. The woodcuts for this book were created by Christoph Krieger.Image title taken from text.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2005-01/translating.html (May 2009)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1884.
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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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Clothing and dress--Peru
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Subject headings:
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Indigenous peoples of South America
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