'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah' Size:M: 50 x 40cm MIDAS ROSALIA

MIDAS ROSALIA

Bony core of the left horn and a small part of the Skull seen from behind

but with a tartan style design featuring on the skirt and bodice

As part of the celebrations

their name derived from the god Akal

'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah' Size:M: 50 x 40cm MIDAS ROSALIA'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah'. The islands now known as Tahiti and Huahine form part of the Society Islands, as named by James Cook. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously. Original: engraving. 1773