Artist unknown :[New Zealand and Pacific peoples; vertical triptych]. G Heck dir.t; Henry Winkles sculpt. IV. B. 5, Taf. 38 [page] 511. [ca 1849-1860]

Artist unknown :[New Zealand and Pacific peoples; vertical triptych]. G Heck dir.t; Henry Winkles sculpt. IV. B. 5, Taf. 38 [page] 511. [ca 1849-1860]
Date
1849 - 1860
By
Winkles, Henry, 1801-1860 -
Reference
A-436-006
Description

Illustrations in three tiers, showing funeral rites (Sainson's "Funeral of a chief"), women dancing (Webber's "A dance in Otaheite"), food preparation, cock fighting, group dances, and a sword fight.

Numbers, referring to a key (not held) are shown beneath each scene in each row.

It is thought that this may be a page from Johann Georg Heck's 'Ikonographische Encyklopedie der Wissenschaften und Kunste. Entworfen und nach den vorzuglichsten Quellen bearbeitet von Johann Georg Heck', Lepzig, ca. 1849/1860.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Steel engraving, 265 x 213 mm, on sheet 299 x 236 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, August 2010.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Steel engraving, 265 x 213 mm, on sheet 299 x 236 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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