IMAGE
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A fiatooka, or morai, in Tongataboo. J. Webber del. W. Ellis sculp. [London, 1784]
- Date
- 1784 - 1777
- By
- Webber, John, 1751-1793; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785
- Reference
- C-131-021-c
- Description
The fiatooka (fiatoka) are the houses in the background, which are tombs, the morai (marae) the open space in front of them. One the lefthand side are a group of figures. In the central foreground is a man carrying bunches of banana strung from a pole on his shoulder.
From a watercolour drawing by John Webber, 1778. See Murray-Oliver, A: Captain Cook's artists in the Pacific, pl 108 for variant Webber watercolour.
Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 21
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm
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- Part of
- Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784] / Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm
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