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: Maori chief of Houa-Houa (Uawa), Tolaga Bay, North


Maori chief of Houa-Houa (Uawa), Tolaga Bay, North

Maori chief of Houa-Houa (Uawa), Tolaga Bay, North Island, New Zealand. He wears a cloak, necklace, face tattoos, Te moko, and carries a spear. Chef d'une Tribu de la Nouvelle Zelande (Oceanie). Adapted from a portrait by Louis Auguste de Sainson in Dumont d'Urville's Voyage. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium

Picture No
14017177
Media ID
46699247
Size
4479px x 6917px (5.9MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Louis Auguste de Sainson

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