[Postels, Aleksandr], 1801-71 :Abitazione alle Caroline, [1826-29. 1838-43].

Shows a thatched hut, visible behind a group of four men, three of them sitting. Notable on two of those sitting, and on the standing man are the dotted tattoo patterns on legs and arms. The standing man holds gourds or coconuts. In the right foreground, chickens peck the ground for food. In the right background are two additional figures and a hut, and in the left background, a man in a European jacket walks by. There are palm trees behind the huts.

Plate 98 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist.Monin engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Monin).

PLate 28 in F P Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36), where it is attributed to Postels.

Other Titles - Iles Carolines (Polynesie) - Habitations

Other Titles - Dwellings in the Caroline Islands

Other Titles - Habitations. Iles Carolines basses

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 - 98

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

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