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Description ‘Papou du Havre Dorey – Naturel de Havre Carteret.’ Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 10 x 19,5 cm. (3,9 x 7,7 inch). From the Oceania volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844. Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King. Condition: Good, given age. Browned, and with some small stains. Top margin of the New Irelander quite stained. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Keywords: PAPUAN-NEW GUINEA-NEW IRELAND-NATIVE-COSTUME PCO-C9-08