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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07253
Record number:
07253-4
JCB call number:
E724 L164ml vol. 1 [R]
Image title:
[Planche VII. Sacrifice. 1. Sacrifice des premiers nez chez les Floridiens, expliqué à la pag. 181. 2. Sacrifice de la dépoüille d'un cerf, à la Floride. 3. Caraïbe offrant la Cassave & l'Ouicou, a un poteau érigé en titre ou symbole de la Divinité.]
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Saugrain l'aîné ... Charles Estienne Hochereau]
Image date:
[1724]
Image function:
plate 7; following p. 188
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
25 cm.
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Religious ceremonies involving sacrifice are shown. At top, a baby is presented to be sacrificed while native Americans dance and the mother mourns. A native American king and European gentleman look on. At bottom, native Americans dance around a deer on a post while a native American king and European gentleman look on and a man makes an offering at an altar. Cultural artifacts include clubs, sword, and spears.
Source creator:
Lafitau, Joseph François, 1681-1746
Source Title:
Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps ... Tome premier
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Saugrain l'aîné, Quay des Augustins ... Charles Estienne Hochereau, à l'entrée du Quay des Augustins
Source date:
MDCCXXIV [1724]
notes:
Image title taken from "Explication des planches et figures," in preface. These images derived from Theodor de Bry, Grands voyages, Pt. II (plates XXXIV & XXXV).
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Noth America--Religion
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[Planche VII. Sacrifice. 1. Sacrifice des premiers nez chez les Floridiens, expliqué à la pag. 181. 2. Sacrifice de la dépoüille d'un cerf, à la Floride. 3. Caraïbe offrant la Cassave & l'Ouicou, a un poteau érigé en titre ou symbole de la Divinité.]