IMAGE
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :1. Sacrifice humain a la Nouvelle-Zelande / Beyer [sculp]; 2. Ceremonie d'un bapteme zelandais / Beyer [sculp]. del [sic] Sainson del. Voyage [pittoresque autour du monde. Paris. 1836]
- Date
- 1826 - 1836 - 1829
- By
- Beyer, active 1830s
- Reference
- A-433-013
- Description
Top image shows a Maori man about to strike a seated figure on the back of the head with a patu. The seated figure is tending a camp fire. A group of other Maori watch from the left background.
The lower image shows two Maori women in front of a whare, sprinkling the head of a naked infant with water on springs of leaves. There is a bowl of water at the left where other women are dipping sprigs of leaves. The infant lies in a makeshift cradle made from a cloth laid over logs.
Other Titles - Human sacrifice in New Zealand; New Zealand baptism ceremony
Other Titles - De Sainson
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engravings on page 282 x 183 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 282 x 183 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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