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Maker(s):Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor
Culture:French, (1790-1855)
Title:Reine des Carolines, vue à Tinian (Queen of the Caroline islands seen at Tinian island)
Date Made:Published by Pierre Langlumé (Poitiers 1790 - Paris 1830)
Type:Print
Materials:Lithograph on moderately thick, moderatley textured, cream- colored paper
Measurements:sheet: 13 13/16 in x 9 15/16 in; 35.1 cm x 25.2 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2018.34.2
Credit Line:purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
tatooed woman standing against a dead tree trunk in a loincloth holding a plant (banana?) in right hand and a large leaf over her head, leaning on a tree trunk; indigenous population; colonialism; scientific exploration;

Tags:
figures; women

Subjects:
figures (representations); Women; Lithography

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