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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 Kotzebues Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Naturel de larchipel 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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Caption:
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 Kotzebues Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Naturel de larchipel 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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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4420 x 6781 px | 85.8 MB
Print size:
37.4 x 57.4 cm | 14.7 x 22.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1845 • ARCHIVIST • AUGUSTE WAHLEN • BODY • BRUSSELS • CADAVER • CHIEF • CITY OF BRUSSELS • CORPS • CORPSE • COSTUME • CUSTOMS AND COSTUMES OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • DEAD BODY • DISGUISE • EAR PLUGS • ETIQUETTE • FASHION • FRENCH POLYNESIA • GEOMETRIC • GRASS SKIRT • HANDCOLOURED • HEADDRESS • HUMANS • JEAN-FRANCOIS-NICOLAS LOUMYER • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • LARIK • LEISURE • LIFESTYLE • LOUIS CHORIS • MANNERS • MANU • MASQUERADE • MODA • MOEURS • NATION • NATIVE MAN • NATUREL DE LARCHIPEL ROMANZOFF • NECKLACE • OCEANIE • OTTO VON KOTZEBUE • PEOPLE • PLANT-FIBRE SKIRT • POLYNESIAN • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PSEUDONYM • RACE • ROLLED GREEN-LEAF • ROMANZOV ARCHIPELAGO • TATOO • TATTOO • TATTOOS • TIKAI • TIKEI ISLAND • TIKU • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRIBE • TRIP • TRIPS • TUAMOTU GROUP • USAGES ET COSTUMES DE TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE • VOYAGE PITTORESQUE AUTOUR DU MONDE • VOYAGE • WAY OF LIFE • WOODBLOCK ENGRAVING • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODCUT • WRITER • XYLOGRAPHY
