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Human sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
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Caption:
Human sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
6568 x 4396 px | 82.6 MB
Print size:
55.6 x 37.2 cm | 21.9 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANATOMY: SKULL • ANCIENT AND MODERN COSTUMES OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • ARC • ARCH • ARCHES • ARCHWAY • ARCO • ARMS: BOW AND ARROW • ARROW • ARROWS • BOW (WEAPON) • BOW AND ARROW • BOW • BURIAL GROUND • CAPTAIN COOK • CEMETERY • CEREMONY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • DRUM • GATEWAY • GIULIO FERRARIO • GRAVE DIGGER • GRAVE • GRAVEYARD • HANDCOLOURED • HOG-TIED VICTIM • HUMAN SACRIFICE • ILLUSTRATION • JOHN WEBBER • MARAE • MORAI • PACIFIC • QUIVER • RITUAL • SACRED PLACE • SACRIFICE, HUMAN • SASSO • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • TAHITI
