Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Trompeta larga
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Accession number:
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07326
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Record number:
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07326-6
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JCB call number:
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B791 G794h vol. 1
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Image title:
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Trompeta larga
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Place image published:
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[Barcelona]
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Image publisher:
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[Carlos Gibert y Tutó]
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Image date:
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[1791]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 192
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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14.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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16.9 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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Large trumpet played by native Americans of the Orinoco area.
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Source creator:
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Gumilla, Joseph, d. 1750
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Source Title:
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[Orinoco ilustrado] Historia natural, civil y geografica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco ... Tomo I
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Source place of publication:
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Barcelona
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Source publisher:
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En la imprenta de Carlos Gibert y Tutó
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXXXI. [1791]
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notes:
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The Maipures, Salivas, and other tribes of the Orinoco River used a sacred earthenware trumpet, called botuto or batuto, at the center of various religious ceremonies.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/sa/aflg/aflg03.htm (Mar. 2003);
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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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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Commentary:
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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 headings:
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Indians of South America--Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia)--Music
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