Tahitian tools. Adze blade. Tattoo needles. BANKES 1789 old antique print
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Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2BMXEC7File size:
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2337 x 1693 px | 39.6 x 28.7 cm | 15.6 x 11.3 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
1789Location:
PolynesiaMore information:
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
Various instruments used by the natives of Otaheite; 1. representation of the inner and outer parts of the blade of the large adze; 2. The large adze used for felling timber; 3. Various tattowing instruments of different sizes to pierce the skin; 4. A tool used for striking the tattowing instrument into the skin. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "A New Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography", by Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, Alexander Cook & Thomas Bowen, printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster Row (1789). Type: Antique copperplate print.