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- Museum number
- Oc2006,Prt.40
- Title
- Object: War Canoes of Otaheite equipp'd for Engagement as represented by Captn. Cooke
- Description
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Scene depicting a fleet of canoes with Tahitian men on board. Each canoe has a highly decorated canoe prow. The canoe in the foreground has a man ceremonially dressed on board, wearing a feather headdress. 1817(?).
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1817 (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.40 centimetres (mount)
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Height: 14.70 centimetres (print)
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Width: 34.20 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 19.10 centimetres (print)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Related image: Oc2006-PRT-39.
Published in: Cook's Geography 1817(?)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Mount paper torn on right side.
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Prt.40
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: KXR.Oc.20.A. (Old BM series number)