Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Weapons and household utensils of their habitants of Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Oceania]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Orlowski, Aleksandr (1777-1832), Polish, artist (attributed to)
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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[Weapons and household utensils of their habitants of Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Oceania]
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Date:
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[ca. 1810]
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Materials:
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drawing on paper: ink and wash
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Dimensions:
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41.9 x 26.5 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:1011--ffALB
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Subject:
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- Arms & armaments
- Clothing & dress
- Discovery & exploration
- Equipment
- Expeditions & surveys
- Oceania
- Voyages to the Pacific
- Travel sketches
- Wash drawings
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Decorative arrangement of clubs, arrows, spear, paddles, scepters, jars, fans, skull, necklace, etc. Probably done in St. Petersburg by Orloffsky after on-the-spot drawings by Langsdorff.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Supplied title. Handwritten (UL, in ink): VII. Ref. note: Langsdorff; German edition: Vol. I, Plate 12; text, p. 148; not in English edition.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf6m3nb7ns
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