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C1789
Moluquois jouant du Rabana. / Divers Instruments de Musique des Moluquois.
Artist:
C.18th engraving of ornaments and other religious objects of the Moluccas islands, Indonesia. Mamakurs a kind of bracelets worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Moluquois jouant du Rabana. / Divers Instruments de Musique des Moluquois.
Date:
C1789
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
220mm
x 325mm
Paper Size:
270mm
x 407mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1789
Description:
C.18th engraving of ornaments and other religious objects of the Moluccas islands, Indonesia. Mamakurs a kind of bracelets worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments.
Mamakurs are a kind of bracelet worn by the natives of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, particularly Amboyna, and which the women regard as preservatives against all enchantments.
From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancien regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth century knowledge. It was edited by the brilliant Denis Diderot (1713-1784).
Provenance: Wigan Public Library (stamp)
References: Printing and the Mind of Man 200.
Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)
Picart was a French artist and engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. He moved to Antwerp in 1696, and spent a year in Amsterdam before returning to France at the end of 1698. After his wife died in 1708, he moved to Amsterdam in 1711 (later being joined by his father), where he became a Protestant His most famous work is Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Although Picart had never left Europe, he relied on accounts by those who had and had access to a collection of Indian sculpture.
