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Australia. Morai e luoghi di sepoltura; Piroghe dell'Isola Mandana. Tav. 88, Tom III

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Date

[1841]

Artist

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22896282

Additional Makers

After- Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769-1857); Attributed to- William Hodges (1744-1797)

Description

Two images. The upper one, based on an original by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilnau shows a burial ground in Nuku Hiva with two effigies seated on a raised platform between two sheaves of bound stalks or branches. Two figures stand in the right foreground, and there is a columned shelter or dwelling in the right background, beneath rocky volcanic peaks (cf A-318-034, done in 1804 on Krusenstern's voyage).

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia

Country

French Polynesia

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People
Seascapes
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Mountains

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

Santa Cruz Islands were known as Mendana’s Island see: https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/mendana-queiros/mendana-queiros.html

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