Abitatori ornamenti ec (Marquesas Islands)

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Abitatori ornamenti ec (Marquesas Islands)

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

In April 1774, British explorer James Cook and his crew landed on Tahuata (Santa Cristina), one of the Marquesas Islands. There they met Honu, the highest-ranking chief of Vaitahu, who is shown in John Hall’s engraving in all his finery. It was through objects, journal accounts, paintings, and engravings from Cook’s voyages that a fascinated British public was first introduced to Pacific people and their homelands. The coloured etching by Andrea Bernieri combines different images from Cook’s...

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Image

Date created

1843

Creator

Andrea Bernieri

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/374905

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ink / paper / prints / etchings / works on paper / etching / Florence

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