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Piteenee, a young woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

Piteenee, a young woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). She wears a white gown, cowrie necklace, feather headdress, and has tattooed limbs. 18-year-old granddaughter of Taiohae chief Gattanewa and Captain David Porter's girlfriend. Jeune fille de l'Ile Madisson. Handcoloured woodcut by A. Vangauberghe after Captain David Porter 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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14017169

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46663029

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4688px x 6688px (6.0MB)

Credit

©Florilegius/Mary Evans

Source

Captain David Porter

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