Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec fes manches. [Fly flaps South Sea Isles]

$A 35

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Description

Rare engraving from the French edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage.

A fly whisk with ‘Janus’ figures on the handles from Rurutu one of the Austral Islands, Windward Islands part of the Society Islands. Situated 570kms from Tahiti.

From Hawkesworth, Relation des Voyages Entrepris par ordre de Sa Majeste Britannique Actuallement Regnante:

Reference: Joppien 1.94A ill. pp.155

Additional information

Dimensions 24.5 × 31 × 2 cm