A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Size:M: 75 x 50cm The principal candidates are shown

The principal candidates are shown in this cartoon

'Coastal Scene'

in each hand he holds a goose by the neck

pictured during the band

A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Size:M: 75 x 50cm The principal candidates are shownA 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