ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Monday, 5 - Monday, 12 June 2023
Seven antique French engravings; Polynesia etc,
Realised: $65 plus premium
Lot Details
Tikopia Island reception of French officers by natives / Interior of Tongan house / Male portrait with three tools / Tattooed Māoris hongi greeting / Landscape 'Archipel von Taiti' / Four figures w. distant sailing ship / Five figures/ Tikopia & interior engraving by Danvin and Montant from Oceanie ou Cinquieme partie du Monde by Louis Gabriel Domeny de Rienzi (1789-1843) published by Firmin Didot Freres Paris 1836. All with German subtitles, some mounted. 130 x 215mm
