Musical Instruments, Brazil, 17th cent.

Caption, Negers speelende op kalabassen (Negroes playing upon calabashes); shows a man and a woman, latter with a tambourine. Also published in A. Churchill, ed., A collection of voyages (London, 1704), vol. 2, facing p. 146 and other editions of Awnsham and John Churchill (compilers), Collection of Voyages, e.g., London, 1732, with article Mr. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages and travels to Brazil.

Image Title

Musical Instruments, Brazil, 17th cent.

RegID

SI-OB-299

Title

Musical Instruments, Brazil, 17th cent.

Source

Johan Nieuhof, Gedenkweerdige brasiliaense zee en lant-reize door verscheide gewesten van oostindien ... (Amsterdam, 1682). (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)

Language

Dutch

Item sets

Music, Dance & Recreational Activities

Spatial Coverage

South America--Brazil

Reproduced In

A. Churchill, ed., A collection of voyages (London, 1704), vol. 2, facing p. 146; Awnsham and John Churchill (compilers), Collection of Voyages, e.g., London, 1732, with article "Mr. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages and travels to Brazil."

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

NW0163