Title
- Fotografie der Panele 1-4 der Panoramatapete "Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (given title)
Collection
Production
- photographer: anonymous, Rome (?), about 1940
- design of depicted work: Jean-Gabriel Charvet, France, 1805
- execution of depicted work: Joseph Dufour & Cie., Mâcon, 1806
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 22.8 cm
- width: 18.7 cm
Inventory number
- KI 16728-1
Acquisition
- old holding,
Department
- Library and Works on Paper Collection
Inscriptions
- text on object (back side) : Rom / bei ...
Description
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Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Gabriel_Charvet):
Panel 1: Inhabitants of Nootka Island in Canada, which was visited by Cook in March 1778.
Panel 2: Inhabitants of Raiatea, the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, Chief Oreo met Captain Cook in 1777.
Panel 3: Inhabitants of Ha'apai in Tonga. A man, a woman and a girl behind plum trees taking part in feast of the Arroey (seen in panel-2).
Panels 4-6: Inhabitants of Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia. O-too, King of Tahiti, in panel 6, on a throne beneath a banana tree between two coconut trees, with his daughter and sister in 1773. The scene is a heava, a kind of dramatic dance accompanied by flutes, drums and a chorus of singing and clapping girls.
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photograph, Fotografie der Panele 1-4 der Panoramatapete "Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique", Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. KI 16728-1
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https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/fotografie-der-panele-1-4-der-panoramatapete-sauvages-de-la-mer-pacifique_136352
Last update
- 21.01.2025
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