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Description
Nude recumbent woman and children in interior of elaborately decorated hut; tattoo master kneels to tattoo her hand; tattooed man enters door, carrying hog head. Hog head represents feast thrown by husband on occasion of his wife being tattooed (women in this culture were usually tattooed up to their wrists only). Supplied title. Handwritten (LR, in ink): Dr. Tilesius; (LR, below signature): der page 138; (on verso): Das Innere einer Hütte von Nukahiwan. Langsdorff--German ed.: Vol. I, Plate 11; text, p. 111; English edition: Vol. I, Plate 10; text, p. 127. Inscriptions in German.
Type
image
Format
Drawing on paper: ink and wash 10.4 x 14.9 cm., on mount 12.4 x 18.2 cm.
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