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A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound (Nootka -King George's Sound - Vancouver Island) -  - 1819
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A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound (Nootka -King George's Sound - Vancouver Island)

EngraverJohn Pass (Active 1793-1828)
Date1819
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryUncategorized
SourceEncyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature by John Wilkes-Engraved for the Encyclopaedia londinensis, 1819

Description

Portrait plate showing two figures identified as a man and woman of Nootka Sound (Nuu-chah-nulth people, Vancouver Island region), adapted from imagery created during Captain Cook’s third voyage; illustrates clothing, woven hats and facial ornaments as they were perceived and stereotyped by European observers.