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Kiwasa Idol of Virginia, and God of the Wind, or Idol of Virginia

Kiwasa Idol of Virginia, and God of the Wind, or Idol of Virginia
By Bernard Picart
Engraved book page, 1721
Bernard Picart, Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples
du monde représentées par des figures, avec des explications
(Amsterdam, 1723–43; later editions 1810, 1819)

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Fifty years after the publication of Arnoldus Montanus's America, Bernard Picart produced an illustrated survey of religious practices around the world. For the natives of Virginia, Picart mostly copied from de Bry's engravings, including the Kiwasa Idol here, but for his "Le Dieu des Vents" he borrowed the counterfeit idol image from Montanus's America.



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