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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07253
Record number:
07253-6
JCB call number:
E724 L164ml vol. 1 [R]
Image title:
[La Planche XV. [sic] pag. 344. Initiation finale d'un Devin Caraïbe.]
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Saugrain l'aîné ... Charles Estienne Hochereau]
Image date:
[1724]
Image function:
plate 16 [i.e., 15]; following p. 344
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
25 cm.
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Initiation of a Carib religious leader. A native American dwelling with three hammocks is surmounted by an idol or devil with wings. Built environment includes dwellings.
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:
Text describes how hammocks are provided for the initiate, his teacher, and the spirit. After making an offering at an altar, the spirit appears with a great noise in the middle of the night causing the other villagers to come out of their dwellings. Image title taken from "Explication des planches et figures," in preface.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Subject matter:
shamans
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:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Religion
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[La Planche XV. [sic] pag. 344. Initiation finale d'un Devin Caraïbe.]

     
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[La Planche XV. [sic] pag. 344. Initiation finale d'un Devin Caraïbe.]