Native American chief of Patagonia, South America

Native American chief of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, necklace, cloak and robe, gaiters and sandals. Holding a hoop decorated with bells used in a ceremonial dance. Perhaps of the extinct Yahgan people. Chef des Patagons. 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 Bells Bordeaux Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Feather Headdress Gaiters Genocide Hoop Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Native American Noble Savage Patagonia Sandals South America

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