Artist unknown :Altare a Atahourou. [1838-43].

Shows a cleared area in which stands a large high table on nine legs. In the foreground, inserted in the ground at crooked angles, are long wooden tablets, toothed at the tops.

Plate 157 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Chollet as the engraver.

The scene has similar elements to those in John Webber's 1777 work, "A human sacrifice at Otaheite", which took place on 1 September 1777. According to Beaglehole, the place of action, which Cook identified as "the great Morai at Attahouroo" is Utuaimahurau.

Other Titles - Taiti - Autel a Atahourou

Other Titles - Tahiti - Altar at Attahouroo / Utuaimahurau

Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36).

Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 157

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

Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.