[Fig. 133. Burial practices of the natives of Paria.]
Creator 1:
J. J. Schmuzer
Place image published:
[Vienna]
Image date:
[1819]
Image function:
fold-out plate 52; vol. 3
Technique:
engraving, hand-coloring
Image dimension height:
8.6 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
19 cm.
Page dimension width:
9.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native American men lower a body or corpse into a grave while women mourn around them. Food for the dead man is laid near the grave. In the background, men and women dance around a hammock with a body in it. Also includes dwellings.
Source creator:
Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias, 1755-1811
Source Title:
Unterhaltungen über den Menschen ... Dritter Theil
Source place of publication:
Wien [Vienna]
Source publisher:
gedruckt auf Kosten des Herausgebers
Source date:
1819
notes:
Image derived from Theodor de Bry, America, pt 10, plate 1, which shows the natives of Paria in present-day Venezuela. The sick were put into hammocks around which people danced all day and if they died, they were buried with food and water to help them on their journey to the next world.Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg. This book, an encyclopedic overview representing scientific knowledge of the time, included mankind in its delineation of natural history.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities; Indigenous peoples
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Venezuela-- Funeral customs and rites
