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Homme de l'Isle de Ste Christine.

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Date

[1796?]

Artist

Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23141006

Additional Makers

Engraver: J Laroque (active 1796)

Description

Engraving shows a man of Santa Cristina (Tahuata), an island in the Marquesas, wearing a feather headdress. He wears a cloak hanging down his back, a short fringed skirt, and fringed garters on his upper arms and upper calves. A large pendant hangs around his neck, and his feather earrings have ribbons haning from them. He hold a large club in his left hand, and in his right hand he holds up an unidentified yellow ridged fruit.

The work is likely to be from Grasset de Saint-Sauveur's "Encyclopedie des voyages ..." published in Paris in 1796.

Other Titles - Sculpsit

Other Titles - Man of Santa Cristina Island

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Tahuata, French Polynesia

Country

French Polynesia

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Fashion

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