An officer of King Liholiho (Kamehameha II) of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in full dress with helmet, spear and cape over tattooed body, and dancer with shield. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Illustration based on Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde," 1824 and Cook's "Voyages" 1785.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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