Artist unknown :Das Innere einer Hutte auf Nukahiva [1804. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812?]

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Title

Artist unknown :Das Innere einer Hutte auf Nukahiva [1804. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812?]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Scene inside a dwelling, with a seated naked woman and two small children. A naked man covered with tattoos is holding the woman by the wrist, beginning to tattoo her, and a second man, also tattooed, entering the door of the hut, is holding a pig's head as a present for the tattooist. There are several ornaments or tools against the back wall of the house. The text accompanying the original German version of this illustration has a slightly variant title: Das Innere einer Hutte von Nukahiv...

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Date created

1804 - 1812

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22855264

Locations

Nuku Hiva

Related subjects

Krusenstern, Adam Johann von, 1770-1846 / Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (Baron), 1774-1852 / Marquesans / Dwellings / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands / Domestic life / Tattooing / Russians / Pacific Area / Pigs / Nudes / Nuku Hiva

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