Sugpiaq or Alutiiq man of Kodiak Island, Alaska. His earlobes and chin pierced with beads, his face tattooed. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauer’s An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno’s Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Più Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

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