IMAGE
[Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b 1800 :3. Scene de deuil a la Nouvelle Zelande; 4. Funerailles d'un ariki/ Beyer [sculp]. Tom. 2, pl. LI. [de Sainson del. Voyage] pittoresque [autour du monde. Paris. 1836]
- Date
- 1826 - 1836 - 1829
- By
- Beyer, active 1830s
- Reference
- A-433-016
- Description
Top image shows mourners around the cloaked and wreathed body of a deceased Maori man who is propped up with his back again a carved pole. Two women kneel before him, cutting their bare breasts. Other mourners are seated on the ground in the background. There are three skulls and other bones in the left foreground.
The lower image shows two Maori men carrying on their shoulders a litter holding the body of a dead chief who is seated upright, securely bound.
Other Titles - Mourning scene in New Zealand; Funeral for a chief
Other Titles - Volume 2, plate 51
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engravings on page 275 x 182 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engravings on page 275 x 182 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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