IDNO

D.43930.HNL

Description

Drawing of a Tongan ocean going double-hulled canoe, tongiaki, with its large triangular sail raised, as seen by Abel Tasman in 1643. [Jocelyne Dudding 22/09/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Tonga

Cultural Affliation

Tongan

Named Person

Photographer

Gilsemans, Isaac [Original Artist]; Tasman, Abel [Explorer and author]

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

1643; 1898

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte (Mrs)

Format

Paper

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The drawing was found in a box now numbered C144/7/ which was in a cardboard box numbered C144/ by the transcriber.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One [Mark Elliott 30/01/04].