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Tahiti, a funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Wollett after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.
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Tahiti, a funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Wollett after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.

William Hodges

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: A toupapow with a corpse on it attended by the chief mourner in his habit of ceremony ; drawn from nature by W. Hodges ; engrav'd by W. Wollet. Bears number: XLIV.

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