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” Very Early Tiki Example “   ….. French Naval Officers from the “l’Uranie” being greeted in the Sandwich Isles [Hawaii] during a voyage from 1817 to 1820 … Drawn by Jacques Arago during the voyage …. This hand-colored version was printed in Paris (1838).

More info here: http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/19421/Iles_Sandwich_Vue_du_Morai_du_Roi_a_Kayakakoua/Arago-Maurin%20.html 

This post is posted on Saturday 4 February 2012.
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