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photographic print(black and white)

Object Type
Museum number: Oc,B60.17
Description: Photograph (black and white); an engraving of a drawing by John(?) Webber, depicting a burial scene of chief O Vehiatua of Tautira, painted during Captain James Cook voyage; a man arranging plant leaves and cloth covering the body on a wooden table, which stands under a thatched roof structure; the whole ceremonial ground is surrounded with a low wooden fence; and there are two high round tables on wither side of the structure with offerings of fruit and vegetables. Gelatin silver print
Producer name
Production date: 20thC
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 18.30 centimetres; Width: 23.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Inscription on front of engraving: (?) chief of Oheitepeha lying in state. Vide Cooks last Voyage Vol II. Chap I Page 47(?) (?) (?) July (?) 1780 by J. Webber. 312 Oxford Street.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: painting/print; meeting space/ceremonial ground; funeral/funerary rite
Associated names: Named in inscription: O Vehitua; Associated with: Captain James Cook; Associated with: John Webber
Associated places: Associated with: Tautira
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Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,B60.17