Funeral Ceremonies of the Orinoco and Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, 1734

Name: Funeral Ceremonies of the Orinoco and Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, 1734
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13806-68
Price: 315 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1734
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 42 × 26 cm (16.5 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Good. Strong plate impression on laid paper with ample margins. Slight age toning and a few minor edge stains and spots in the bottom margin, well outside the image.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Brazil, Colombia & Venezuela
Reference: BG-13806-68

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

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About this piece

Funeral ceremonies of the peoples of the Orinoco and of Brazil, a copperplate engraving of 1734 from Les Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, engraved by Bernard Picart. Two scenes appear on one sheet.

The upper scene is lettered "Cérémonie funèbre des peuples qui habitent aux environs du fleuve Orénoque". Beside a river dotted with canoes, two men carry a wrapped body at the left, and two skeletons hang upright under the thatched roof of a hut at the right with a woman and child standing nearby. The lower scene, "Cérémonie funèbre des Bresiliens", shows mourners crouched in grief in front of a long thatched house while two men handle a body, and a man at the right sits in a hammock slung between posts.

The Orinoco flows through Venezuela and Colombia. Both scenes are European inventions built from travelers' reports, with the figures posed in the classical manner of the book.

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