Ceremonial costume of a King of Tahiti

Ceremonial costume of a King of Tahiti. Perhaps Otoo, King Pomare I. He wears a tall headdress of feathers, a cloak and tunic, and holds a large carved wooden deity. Roi de Taiti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792

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