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Object Number
2004.29.24295
Display Title
Great Morai or Temple at Pappara, Tahiti
Descriptions
Object Description
Photograph of engraving. Written on board: "Tahiti / Society Island / Polynesia / Great Morai or Temple at Pappara Tahiti / Voyage of Duff / Tahiti"; printed on engraving: Great Morai of Temarre at Papari in Otaheite. / J. Landseer sculpt."
Department
Photographic
Date
1799
Culture
- Tahitian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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France
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French Polynesia
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Windward Islands
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Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms
Pappara
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 17.78 cm (5 1/2 × 7 in.)
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