Image: A Hura, or Native Dance, performed in presence of the Governor at Kairua, sketch by William Ellis

Description: A Hura, or Native Dance, performed in presence of the Governor at Kairua. Engraved by J. McGhay after a sketch by William Ellis. Illustration from Missionary William Ellis' journal, from Ellis' tour through Hawaii from 1822 to 1823. This is from the second and third London edition published in 1826 and 1827 and later reprinted in 1917.
Title: A Hura, or Native Dance, performed in presence of the Governor at Kairua, sketch by William Ellis
Credit: Ellis, William (1826) Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, Or Owhyhee: With Remarks on the History, Traditions, Manners, Customs, and Language of the Inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, London: H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, p. 74 Ellis, William (1827) Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii: Or Owhyhee; with Observations on the Natural of the Sandwich Islands, and Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Traditions, History, and Language of the Inhabitants (3rd ed.), London: H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, p. 90 Ellis, William (1917) [1827] Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, Or Owhyhee: With Remarks on the History, Traditions, Manners, Customs, and Language of the Inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands (Reprint ed.), Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd., p. 75
Author: William Ellis
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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