Depictions in European art Tahitian Dog
otaheite dog, aquatint engraving charles catton younger, 1788
in 1788, charles catton younger, did not accompany of voyages, depicted aquatint engraving of otaheite dog in book animals drawn nature , engraved in aqua-tinta. based on appearance , description, may been kurī instead.
artist paul gauguin depicted dogs in tahiti , marquesas—although unclear whether prototypical polynesian dog—in several works, including raro te oviri (i) (under pandanus i) (1891) , arearea (joyfulness) 1892. prominence in paintings of these collarless free range dogs has been subject of speculation symbolic or metaphorical meaning.
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