Woman dancer performing an Ariai, Tahiti

Woman dancer performing an Ariai, Tahiti. She wears a bodice revealing the breast, a large frill at the waist tied with feather ropes over a full skirt. After an illustration by John Webber for James Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Danseur de Taiti. 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 Bodice Bordeaux Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Frill Full Skirt Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Noble Savage Pacific Ocean Tahiti Tahitian

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