A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Size:M: 75 x 50cm in each hand he holds

in each hand he holds a goose by the neck

during the reign of Mary I in the 16th century

'Coastal Scene'

'The Road to Sheffield'

A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Size:M: 75 x 50cm in each hand he holdsA tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed, and a Tahitian priest, observed by Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour, Tahiti, 1769. In the tupapow, 'posts are set up to support the bier And here the body remains to putrify till the flesh is wholly wasted from the bones.' Illustration from An account of the voyages for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth (London, 1773). Original: engraving. 1773