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Art of tattooing among the islanders of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Warrior with full body tattoo 1, and tattooed hand of Queen Katanuah of Nukahiwah 2. Copied from Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern's Voyage Around the World, 1806. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Art of tattooing among the islanders of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Warrior with full body tattoo 1, and tattooed hand of Queen Katanuah of Nukahiwah 2. Copied from Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern's Voyage Around the World, 1806. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Art of tattooing among the islanders of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Warrior with full body tattoo 1, and tattooed hand of Queen Katanuah of Nukahiwah 2. Copied from Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern's Voyage Around the World, 1806. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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