Objects from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada) encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Record, James, active 1768-1792.
Date:
[1784]
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566655i
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Objects carved by Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) people, including a bird rattle with stone inside, possibly ceremonial, a seal head hat, a bird mask, and a wolf mask

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.3 x 27.5 cm

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Various articles, at Nootka Sound; J. Webber del. ; J. Record sculpt. Bears number: 40

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 469, no. 3.231A
Haa'yups, 'The 242-year gaze', in Jack Davy (ed.), Empowering art: indigenous creativity and activism from North America's Northwest Coast, Norwich : Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2023, pp. 11-21 (this print reproduced p. 13)

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Wellcome Collection 566655i

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