Artist unknown :Noukahiwa (Oceania). Lacoste et fils aine [sc. Turin, 1844].

Standing portrait of a warrior from Nuku Hiva, with his body entirely tattooed. He wears a narrow loin cloth, a headdress incorporating teeth, and what appears to be a bone necklace. He carries a gourd and a long-handled broad-bladed club whose decoration includes a face.

Artist is possibly Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, who made similar pictures, during the voyage of Krusenstern on the Nadezhda and Neva, in 1803-1806. See reproduction of a similar image in "Great voyages of exploration; the golden age of discovery in the Pacific", by Jacques Brosse, translated by Stanley Hochman (Doubleday, 1983), page 120.

Wahlen's book is a translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4.

Other Titles - Nuku Hiva, Noukahiva

Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, handcoloured, on sheet 270 x 175 mm.