Title
A Toopapaoo of a Cheif with a Priest making his offering to the Morai in Huoheine. : Vide Cook's last Voy. Vol II, Ch. VI. / J. Webber fecit. R.A.
Creator
Webber, John, 1751-1793, artist, publisher.
Publication details
London : Pub Oct 1 1789 by I. Webber, No 312 Oxford Street., [October 1 1789]
Physical details
1 print : etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 32.4 x 44.6 cm, on sheet 39.1 x 56.8 cm.
Description
Landscape with a man sitting cross-legged in the right foreground, his right hand raised, making an offering which is spread on a fringed offering table next to tall, narrow carvings stuck vertically in the ground in the right background; with a large fata tupapau to centre left, below which are three small boulders and a tent with a woven roof to left; large trees in the background.
Place
Huahine Island (French Polynesia)
Shelfmark
Maps 7.TAB.74.