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Editorial (Whole drawing) Portrait of a Chief of Borabora, [Puni?]; a bearded man with arms heavily tattooed with flat rectangular patches, and a large patch on his left side. December 1777. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Coo...
Editorial A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by John Keyse Sherwin. Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kan...
Editorial Head of Otegoongoon. A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Ma. Stanfield Parkinson: London, 1773. Head of Otegoongoon, son of a New Zealand chief, the face curiously tattooed. Image taken from A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His ...
Editorial [Whole folio] Portrait of Otegoowgoow [Otegoonoon], son of a chief of the Bay of Islands. He has a comb in his hair, an ornament of green stone in his ear, and another of a fish's tooth round his neck. Joseph Banks records meeting him on 3 December 176...
Editorial A human sacrifice, in a morai, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W Woollett. The scene shows a bound and prostrate figure in centre foreground; two men beating drums at left; Cook and officers at right. The chief priest is seated near t...
Editorial A tattooed New Zealand chief. The Head of a Chief of New Zealand, the face curiously tataowd, or mark'd, according to their manner. Portrait. A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas , in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour (under the command of Captain J...
Editorial [Whole drawing] A double canoe under sail; the crew bidding defiance to the ships company. Some are performing the haka or war dance. A chief stands in the stern brandishing a 'mere', a Maori war weapon; another amidships holds a 'taiaha', a long handl...
Editorial The chief at Sta. Christina. Drawn from nature by William Hodges and engraved by J Hall. Half-length frontal portrait of a Marquesan chief. His face is tattooed and he wears an elaborate head-dress, large shell earrings, a gorget and draped garments. ....
Editorial [Whole drawing] Human sacrifice at the great morai at Attahouroo [Utuaimahurau],Tahiti, witnessed by Captain Cook on 1 September 1777. A bound figure in the foreground, with men digging a hole for the body behind, and the whatta containing two dogs and...
Editorial Tereoboo (Kalaniopuu), King of Owyhee (Hawaii), bringing presents to Captain Cook. The picture shows a Hawaiian canoe with "crab-claw" and many oarsmen, carrying Kalaniopuu, the Hawaiian chief, to visit Captain Cook aboard the 'Resolution'. The main c...
Editorial The body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W. Byrne. The scene shows the embalmed corpse of Tee propped up on a bed draped with cloth placed in front of a hut for viewing. The sides of the open...
Editorial Otaheite. Dress of the chief mourner. . A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the countries visited by Captain James Cook in his first Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of...
Editorial Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in state, recorded by Captain Cook during his visit to Tahiti on 19th August 1777. A funerary stage supports the shrouded corpse and an attendant. They are sheltered by a grass-roofed awning, and surrounded by a l...
Editorial Otaheite. [Top drawing]: Paiheas long house. (Lower drawing]: House and plantation of a chief of Otaheite. . A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the countries visited by Captain James Cook in his first Voya...