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  5. Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens à Quitchi-Manitou ou le Grand Esprit. / B. Picart . - 1723
Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens à Quitchi-Manitou ou le Grand Esprit. / B. Picart . - 1723
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Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens à Quitchi-Manitou ou le Grand Esprit. / B. Picart . - 1723

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
Dates
1723 (indexed as 1723)
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Scope & content
Cette gravure représente un rite des peuples amérindiens, offrant un sacrifice à leur dieu. Le document est en français. La pièce porte la cote C27 inv.95.
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AnimalCeremonyCrowdEngravingFireForestHorseIndigenous PeoplesManPrintReligious ArtReligious CeremonySmokeTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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1 gravure ; 41 x 26 cm.
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This is an engraved print showing a large crowd of figures in an outdoor landscape under a cloudy sky, with smoke rising from a central raised structure on which a body or offering is placed. Figures in the foreground and middle ground hold bows and weapons, some are dancing or moving around the platform, and several people lie on the ground at the bottom edge. The engraving has a caption in capital letters beneath the image, reading LE GRAND SACRIFICE DES CANADIENS A QUITCHI MANITOU OU LE GRAND ESPRIT, and it sits on a cream sheet with a library stamp at lower right.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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LE GRAND SACRIFICE des CANADIENS à QUITCHI - MANITOUou le GRAND ESPRIT.Tom VII N° 43Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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