The inside of a hut in a morai, place of burial and worship, in Atooi (Kauai); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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579281i
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The house contains two carved effigies of goddesses. Described in Captain Cook's journal on 21 January 1778

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[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 21.4 x 27.6 cm

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The inside of the house, in the morai, in Atooi. J. Webber del. Scott sc.

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 421, no. 3.176A

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Wellcome Collection 579281i

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