Keywords: Head of a Native of Otaheite.jpg This is an image of a print entitled The Head of a Native of Otaheite with the Face curiously tataow'd; And the wry mouth or manner of defying their Enemies as practis'd by the People of that the Neighbouring Islands by Sydney Parkinson It was taken from the National Library of Australia website http //southseas nla gov au/journals/parkinson/053 html here where it is Plate VII in an online reproduction of Sydney Parkinson's expedition journal A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour first published posthumously in 1773 ~ 1769 Sydney Parkinson It is in the public domain worldwide PD-Art People of Tahiti Tattooing in art Tattoos in Polynesia Sydney Parkinson |