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Ornaments and weapons of the Marquesas Islands

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Ornaments and weapons of the Marquesas Islands. Engraving depicting decorative objects from the Marquesas Islands, visited by James Cook during his second Voyage of Discovery in the South Seas in 1774. It was engraved by Robert Benard (1734-1777), after William Hodges, and was published in the 1778 French edition of Captain James Cook 2nd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World. The five objects depicted are: headdress of feathers, fibre and shells, woven fan, ornamental club, neck dress with red seeds and headdress of woven fibre.

Date

01 juil. 2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG21A07_479

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,6Mo (1,6Mo) / 23,6cm x 31,4cm / 2793 x 3707 (300dpi)

Mots clés

weapons 1774 1778 18th century French Polynesia Islands of the Marquesas James Cook Marquesa Islanders Marquesas Islands Pacific Ocean Polynesia Robert Benard South Seas Woven fan arm arms club costume costumes culture discovery engraving expedition fan feather feathers fibre fridged head headdress history indigenous native natives neck dress necklace ornament ornamental ornaments people peoples polynesian seeds shell shells war war mace weapon weaponry weapons