A Dance at Ulietea one of the Society Islands in the South Seas (BM Oc2006,Prt.50)
Summary
Three women from Raiatea, wearing ceremonial costumes, dancing on a mat inside a building. The woman on the far right holds a flower(?) over her head. The building has columns supporting the roof, along both sides and down the centre. On the left is a man playing a nose flute and two men playing the drums. On the right is an audience. 19thC(early).
Lithograph, hand-coloured.
Tags
Date
1850 - 1950
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain