Principal mourner in mask and costume before

Principal mourner in mask and costume before the Shed or Tupapow, where corpses were laid out before burial, Tahiti. Man climbing a breadfruit tree at right. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after Sydney Parkinson from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844

Breadfruit Embalmed Ferrario Giulio Mourner Parkinson Sasso Shed Tahiti

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