Natives of the island of Palau (Pelew). King Abba-Thulle with tattoos, his second son Prince Lee-Boo in western dress who later died of smallpox in England, and a woman with pierced ears decorated with tortoiseshell. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

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