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Rites of the World
Healing and Funeral Rituals of the Paria Natives, imagined in 1734
Anno Domini MDCCXXXIV1734
$215
€190 · £160
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1734
- Sheet size
- 16.5 × 10.2 in (42 × 26 cm)
- Condition
- Good. This antique print is well preserved, with strong contrast and excellent impression. The sheet has mild toning along the edges and a few handling creases near the margins, but the engraved image area remains clean and crisp.
- Faith
- Indigenous Americas
- Collection
- Rites of the World
- Era
- 1700 to 1799, Mortier, Picart and the illustrated Bible
- Stock no.
- f_45048902
The healing and funeral customs of the Paria Indians, 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 "Manière dont les Sauvages de Paria guérissent leurs Malades". Women and men lower a sick person into a river beside a thatched hut, while a litter is carried at the left and a group dances around a fire at the right. The lower scene, "Danse des Sauvages de Paria autour des Mourans, et leurs Cérémonies Funèbres", shows figures lowering a body into a trench, others pouring offerings, and a ring of dancers under large trees in the background.
Paria is the coastal region of northeastern Venezuela. The engraver composes the scenes from travelers' reports in the classical, figure-based manner of the series.
