Portraits in a Nutshell
Brandeis University Press (Verlag)
978-1-68458-258-7 (ISBN)
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Portraits in a Nutshell showcases intricately carved snuff boxes and bottles sculpted from coquilla nuts between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Both utilitarian and decorative, these containers represent a stunning diversity of artistic approaches and subject matter. Just as the use of snuff crossed lines of geographic origin and racial and social hierarchy, so too, did the objects that contained it. As a result, coquilla nut snuff boxes and bottles present a rich material archive of the Atlantic world and the central role of Indigenous and Black histories within it.
Coquilla nuts, the fruit of the Brazilian palm, are just three or four inches long. This book demonstrates how, soon after Europeans and Africans first found a use for the nut in Brazil as an object that could both hold snuff and be decorative, it spread throughout the Atlantic world. Today, coquille nut snuff boxes and bottles are an understudied art form that, despite the objects’ small size, encapsulates an early modern history of transoceanic movement and creativity. The carvings depict animals and fantastical creatures drawn from throughout the Atlantic world, scenes of religious and courtly life, portraits of political and military leaders, abolitionists and activists, and people at the margins of colonial society.
Over 250 detailed photographs of snuff bottles and boxes not only illustrate the exceptional skill of their creators but also illustrate the story of millions of Africans transported to Brazil during centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. The text demonstrates the interconnectedness of the Atlantic world, the movements of peoples and ideas, and the commercial exchange of goods and cultural and material objects in Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America.
Donna S. Sanzone is an editor, researcher, and writer. In addition to holding executive-level positions at G.K. Hall, Macmillan, and Grolier Academic Reference, she was executive editor for the Harper Collins/Smithsonian Institution joint reference program, working with Smithsonian museums to produce exhibition catalogs and other illustrated works.
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Coquilla Nut Snuff Bottle and Box: An Overview
Chapter 2 The Coquilla Nut and the Tagua Palm
Chapter 3 The Construction and Evolution of the Coquilla Nut Snuff Bottle and Box
Chapter 4 Slavery, Cultural Encounter, and Resistance in Colonial Brazil
Chapter 5 Indigenous Dimensions of Brazilian Coquilla Nut Snuff Bottles
Chapter 6 African and Afro-Brazilian Dimensions of Coquilla Nut Snuff Boxes
Chapter 7 Global Distribution and Adaptation of the Coquilla Nut
Chapter 8 Portraits and Caricatures
Chapter 9 Zoomorphic, Anthropomorphic, and Therianthropic Imagery
Chapter 10 Religion and Religious Portraits
Chapter 11 Liberty and Anti-Slavery Representations
Chapter 12 Military and War Imagery
Gallery of Additional Images
Editor’s Note
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Illustration Credits
Endnotes
Further Reading
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 307 color plates |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 193 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-68458-258-X / 168458258X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-68458-258-7 / 9781684582587 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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