Melanesian chief and man of Vanou, Vanikoro, Solomon Islands
Melanesian chief and man of Vanou, Vanikoro, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. The chief wears a bandana, earrings and necklace, the man below with a wooden nose piercing. Naturel et chef de Vanou (Vanikoro). Adapted from an illustration by Louis Auguste de Sainson in Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Handcoloured woodcut by AC after Louis Auguste de Sainson 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
Picture No
14017183
Media ID
46680119
Size
4529px x 6819px
(4.3MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Louis Auguste de Sainson
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Archivist Auguste Wahlen Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Melanesian Moeurs Pacific Ocean Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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