Piron, d. after 1795 :Sauvage de la Nouvelle Zelande. T[ome] 5; P[late] 469. Gabriel sculpt. [ca 1800-1820?]

Piron, d. after 1795 :Sauvage de la Nouvelle Zelande. T[ome] 5; P[late] 469. Gabriel sculpt. [ca 1800-1820?]
Date
1793 - 1800 - 1820
By
Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Gabriel, active 1800?
Reference
A-251-024
Description

Shows a half-length portrait of a bearded man with a feather in his hair and long tassel earrings. A pendant around his neck is in the form of a hollow tube with an attached bundle of small sticks. The top of his grass skirt can be seen beginning on his chest.

Piron visited New Zealand in 1793 under the command of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux.

Other Titles - Native, savage of New Zealand; volume 5

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

Physical Description: Engraving, image 135 x 89 mm, on page 200 x 117 mm.

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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Portraits, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving, image 135 x 89 mm, on page 200 x 117 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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