IMAGE
Artist unknown :Tacouri. Pl[ate] 2. [1783].
- Date
- 1772 - 1783
- Reference
- PUBL-0150-002
- Description
Shows a portrait of the back view of Tacouri (a Te Hikutuu chief, aka Te Kauri, Tacoury), a tattooed man, wearing feathers in his hair, and holding a blanket or cloak in front of him. The tattooing is on the buttocks and legs. (Identified in Anne Salmond's "Two worlds" (1991), page 373).
This work is from an original drawing by an unknown artist on Marion Dufresne's voyage, 1772 (it also bears similarities to a drawing of Ranginui, a Ngaitahu chief, with tattooed buttock, by Pottier de L'Orme, on de Surville's 1769 voyage).
Other Titles - Te Kauri
Other Titles - Tacoury
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving on page of bound volume.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Albums, Engraving on page of bound volume., Orientation: Vertical image
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Artist unknown :Tacouri. Pl[ate] 2. [1783].. Crozet, Julien, 1728-1780 :Nouveau voyage a la mer du sud, commence sous les orders de M Marion ...; & acheve, apres la mort de cet officier, sous ceux de M. le Chevalier Duclsmeur ... on a joint a ce voyage un extrait de celui de M de Surville dans les memes parages. Paris, Chez Barrois l'aine ... 1783.. Ref: PUBL-0150-002. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22793756More information can be found in our terms of use.