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Warrior of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. His face, torso and arms are part-covered in warpaint, he wears a tooth necklace and carries a large mace. Guerrier de Tonga Tabou. Adapted from an illustration by de Sainson in Dumont d Urvilles Voyage de la corvette lAstrolabe. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after Louis Auguste de Sainson 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) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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Caption:
Warrior of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. His face, torso and arms are part-covered in warpaint, he wears a tooth necklace and carries a large mace. Guerrier de Tonga Tabou. Adapted from an illustration by de Sainson in Dumont d Urvilles Voyage de la corvette lAstrolabe. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after Louis Auguste de Sainson 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) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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Image size:
4591 x 6818 px | 89.6 MB
Print size:
38.9 x 57.7 cm | 15.3 x 22.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1845 • ARCHIVIST • ARMS • AUGUSTE WAHLEN • BARE TORSO • BRUSSELS • CITY OF BRUSSELS • COSTUME • CUSTOMS AND COSTUMES OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • DE SAINSON • DISGUISE • DUMONT D URVILLE • ETIQUETTE • FACE • FASHION • GUERRIER DE TONGA TABOU • HANDCOLOURED • HUMANS • ILLUSTRATION • JEAN-FRANCOIS-NICOLAS LOUMYER • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • KINGDOM OF TONGA • LARGE MACE • LEISURE • LIFESTYLE • LOUIS AUGUSTE DE SAINSON • MANNERS • MASQUERADE • MERCIER • MODA • MOEURS • NATION • PEOPLE • POLYNESIA • POLYNESIAN FOLK ART • POLYNESIAN • POYNESIAN • PSEUDONYM • RACE • SOLDIER • TONGA • TONGATAPU • TOOTH NECKLACE • TORSO • TRAVEL • TRIBE • TROOPS • TRUNK (BODY) = TORSO • TRUNK (BODY) • USAGES ET COSTUMES DE TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE • VISAGE • VOYAGE DE LA CORVETTE LASTROLABE • WARPAINT • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WAY OF LIFE • WOODBLOCK ENGRAVING • WOODCUT • WRITER • XYLOGRAPHY
