Woman of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii

Woman of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii. In shawl, short skirt decorated with colourful shells, garlands, necklace and bracelets of feather. She wears makeup, holds a feather fan, and a small figure on a cord around her neck. Femme des Isles Sandwich. 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 Bordeaux Bracelets Cord Cosmetics Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Garlands Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Noble Savage Polynesian Sandwick

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