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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07253
Record number:
07253-14
JCB call number:
E724 L164ml vol. 2 [R]
Image title:
[Planche VII. pag. 154. Maniere de faire le sucre d'Etable. Les femmes occupées à aller chercher les vaisseaux , qui sont déja pleins de l'eau qui coule des arbres. ...]
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Saugrain l'aîné ... Charles Estienne Hochereau]
Image date:
[1724]
Image function:
plate 7; following p. 154
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
14 cm.
Page dimension height:
25 cm.
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Maple sugaring among native Americans. Women take vessels full of tree sap to kettles; a seated woman kneads thickened sap into sugar loaves. In the background are fields as they appear in winter. Women cultivate and sow corn. Cultural artifacts include hoes, pots. Also includes dwelling or sugaring hut.
Source creator:
Lafitau, Joseph François, 1681-1746
Source Title:
Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps ... Tome second
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:
Identification of activities in image and image title taken from "Explication des planches et figures," in preface.
Time Period:
1701-1750
References exhibitions:
Slive, D. A Harvest Gathered, item 21
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 North America--Food
Subject headings:
Maple syrup
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