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- Museum number
- Oc2006,Prt.53
- Title
- Object: A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite
- Description
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Scene of a human sacrifice taking place on ceremonial ground, in Matavai Bay, Tahiti. A man lies in the centre of the image tied to a wooden pole, in front of a wooden platform with pigs. In the background is a display of human skulls on top of a stone wall. A group of men sit on the ground, on the left, each holding a plant leaf in their right hand. Two men play the drums on the left of the image, standing in front of a thatched roof building. Two men on the right are cooking a pig on a fire. A group of White naval officers, including Captain Cook(?) stand on the far right of the image. 1785.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1785
- Dimensions
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Height: 38.40 centimetres
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Width: 55.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published in: Cook, James & King, James (1785) "Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery , in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780." In three volumes. and a fourth folio volume with engravings, known as "Atlas".
Related image: Oc2006-PRT56
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Prt.53
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 25 (Plate number)
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Miscellaneous number: KXR.Oc.32.A (Old BM series number)