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![Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in state, recorded by Captain Cook during his visit to Tahiti on 19th August 1777. A funerary stage supports the shrouded corpse and an attendant. They are sheltered by a grass-roofed awning, and surrounded by a low palisade. On either side, two stands for offerings [whatta] contain fruit](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.89668230.7055475/3283519.jpg?old-wm)
![[Whole drawing] View of a 'morai' or burying place at Atooi [Kauai, Hawaiian Islands], which includes a long house, and tall open-work tower within a walled enclosure. Described in Captain Cook's journal on 21 January 1778](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.01768230.7055475/3283531.jpg?old-wm)
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![[Whole drawing] Human sacrifice at the great morai at Attahouroo [Utuaimahurau],Tahiti, witnessed by Captain Cook on 1 September 1777. A bound figure in the foreground, with men digging a hole for the body behind, and the whatta containing two dogs and three pigs sacrificed previously. On left, two drummers, and the chief priest with other priests around him.The ceremony was performed in the presence of Otoo [Tu], with Captain Cook, another officer [William Anderson], and Omai, all standing on the right](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.99668230.7055475/3283520.jpg?old-wm)
![[Whole drawing] View of the Hippah, or fortified village, at the south-west point of Motuara in Queen Charlotte Sound. The view looks north, with Motuara in the background. The drawing may have resulted from Captain Cook's visit on 15 February 1777. The Maori habitations are within a stockade of stakes, seen on right. A small group of Maoris are by a pathway, and two others are seated further back](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.19668230.7055475/3283512.jpg?old-wm)
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![[Whole drawing]. A view of the harbour of Huahine [Fare Harbour]. with peaked mountains, including Mount Turi, in the background. In the bay is the 'Resolution' and many native craft, and on the shore a group of natives tend a double canoe with a deck-house. In the background and along the shore are native huts and English tents.
The view gives the location of Omai's settlement. Captain Cook had agreed with the chiefs for a place for Omai to settle. Carpenters from both ships built a small house for him, and other members of the crew made a garden, including planting vines and pineapples. Captain Cook visited Huahine between 12 October and 2 November 1777](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.80768230.7055475/3283529.jpg?old-wm)
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![[Whole drawing] A dance or heiva at Otaheite [Tahiti].Two men and two women dancing, with drummers behind, and spectators either side. September 1777](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.40768230.7055475/3283525.jpg?old-wm)
![Entry for February 1778, at the Sandwich Isles [Hawaii], with description of the natives, during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.10503330.7055475/3327322.jpg?old-wm)
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![Otaheite.
[Top drawing]: Paiheas long house.
(Lower drawing]: House and plantation of a chief of Otaheite.](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.93179230.7055475/3293960.jpg?old-wm)
![[Whole drawing] The woman of Tahiti is dressed in the manner called 'Atee'; her body is wrapped in a large quantity of cloth, and decorated with two 'Taames' or breastplates. The cloth and breastplates are to be offered a gifts. Cook records in his journal that two women were conducted on board the ship, and the cloth and breastplates, together with pigs and fruit, were offered to Cook as a present from the father of Otoo. Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 8 September 1777](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.10768230.7055475/3283522.jpg?old-wm)
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![(Whole drawing) Portrait of a Chief of Borabora, [Puni?]; a bearded man with arms heavily tattooed with flat rectangular patches, and a large patch on his left side. December 1777](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.BL.20768230.7055475/3283523.jpg?old-wm)
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