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#3036
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Marquesan
chief
Postcard, c 1919-20 (not postally used)
From an original photograph by Gauthier, c 1919
Published by Braun et Cie, Paris
140 x 94 mm
The subject is heavily tattooed and wears a head ornament of clam
and turtle shell, paekaha. He is holding a club, U'u.
cf Blackburn, Tattoos from paradise: traditional Polynesian
patterns. Schiffer, 1999, p 141.
Very good condition; rounded corners.. |
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