Warrior of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). He wears a feather headdress, short cape, lioncloth, holds a cudgel.　With tattoos of warriors, snakes and birds on his torso and limbs. Ile Madison. After an illustration by Captain David Porter. Mislabeled Mexique, guerrier. Handcoloured stipple engraving on steel by Choubard after an illustration by Leopold Massard from Collection de portraits et costumes des differens peuples qui habitent les cinq parties du monde, Armand-Aubree, Paris, 1837.

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