Old Print of Piteenee, a Young Woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 1845
- Reference
- BG-12707-26
- Date
- 1845
- Region
- Australia & Oceania
- Category
- Engraving
- Sheet size
- 26.0 x 16.5 cm (10.2 x 6.5 in)
- Condition
- Fair
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- EUR 170
Antique print titled 'Jeune Fille de l'Ile Madisson'. Hand colored woodcut of Piteenee, a young woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). She wears a white gown, cowrie necklace, feather headdress, and has tattooed limbs. 18-year-old granddaughter of Taiohae chief Gattanewa and Captain David Porter’s girlfriend.
This print originates from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde", (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World). Published 1845.
Where this sits in the catalogue
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