Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Aztec methods of raising children]
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Accession number:
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04807
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Record number:
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04807-2
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JCB call number:
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E696 T418r / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Aztec methods of raising children]
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Chez André Cramoisy, ruë de la vieille Bouclerie, au Sacrifice d'Abraham]
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Image date:
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[1663?]
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Image function:
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plate LI; p. 33
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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24.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.3 cm
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Page dimension height:
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35.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22 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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Aztec pictographs showing how Aztec fathers and mothers raise their sons and daughters. The top two scenes show a father teaching his son to fish [left] and a mother teaching a daughter to spin cotton [right]. The following scenes show parents threatening, punishing (with cactus spikes) and beating their children.
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Source creator:
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Thévenot, Melchisédech, 1620 ?-1692
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Source Title:
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Relations de divers voyages curieux ... Premiere partie
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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De l'Imprimerie de Iacques Langlois, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy ...
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Source date:
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M. DC. LXIII. [1663]
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notes:
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This image was issued in Thevenot's Relations de divers voyages curieux, Paris, 1672-74 (a compilation of many separately printed items) as part of Thomas Gage's Histoire de l'empire Mexicain representée par figures. Gage translated his work from a version used in Samuel Purchas's Purchas his pilgrimes, London, 1625. Purchas's source was the ms. 'Codex Mendoza.' Image publication information from half title of Gage's work within Thévenot's Relations. Translation of pictographs follows in French. Gage, a Dominican friar, traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in 1625 to 1637.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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Landis, D.C., ed. European Americana, 673/31
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1849.
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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 Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Child rearing
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Subject headings:
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Townsend, Port (Wash.)
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