Chief Kanaina of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii

Chief of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii. In feather helmet or mahiole, feather cloak or ahu'ula, and loincloth, holding a mace embedded with shark teeth. Based on John Webber's portrait of Kalaimanokahoowaha or Kanaina. Insulaire des Isles Sandwich. 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

1792 Anthropology Aquatint Bordeaux Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Loincloth Mace Noble Savage Polynesian Sandwick

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