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Maniere dont les pretres Caribes souflent le courage // [How the Caribbean priests breathe courage].
1721
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E East 46/GC077/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists Di-G GA 2012.02560
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1721-1723]
- People
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- Related Name
- Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous peoples—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Rites and ceremonies—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Priests—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Religious dance—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous peoples of the West Indies—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Costume—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous Studies
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Maniere dont les pretres Caribes souflent le courage // [How the Caribbean priests breathe courage].
- Call Number
- E East 46/GC077/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists Di-G GA 2012.02560
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcd791sv518
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1721-1723]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1721
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 35.2 x 23 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- From the estate of Richard Ely Morse.
- References
- Picart, Bernard. The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Religious scene. Ceremonial dance in an interior, with two priests blowing tobacco smoke into the faces of the dancers.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "B. Picart del.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "C. du Bosc ex".
- Inscribed in plate, upper left: "Vol. 3".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous peoples—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Rites and ceremonies—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Priests—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Religious dance—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous peoples of the West Indies—Antilles, Lesser—18th century—In art
- Costume—Antilles, Lesser—History—18th century—In art
- Indigenous Studies
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/60de0e02-dd4a-4428-8c6c-6fadff16e7c3/manifest