Native man of Tikei Island, Tuamotu group, French Polynesia
Native man of Tikei Island, Tuamotu group, French Polynesia. Wearing a grass skirt, rolled green-leaf ear plugs, necklace, and headdress. His body decorated with geometric tattoos. Adapted from a portrait of Larik, chief of the Romanzoff islands, by Louis Choris in Otto von Kotzebue's Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Naturel de l'archipel Romanzoff (Oceanie). Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after Louis Choris 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
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Archivist Auguste Wahlen French Polynesia Geometric Grass Skirt Jean-francois-nicolas Loumyer Manners Manu Moeurs Océanie Polynesian Pseudonym Woodblock Engraving
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