Tuanui

Original title: ‘Man of New Zealand’. Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Michel. Plate No. LV from James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World (London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777). Other plates from the series can be viewed here.

This engraving depicts Tuanui, also known as Rangituanui, principal chief of Ngāti Hikatoa. He is shown with feathers in his hair, albatross feather earrings, moko, and a bone toggle fastening his cloak. The likeness was taken aboard the Resolution in the Cape Kidnappers area on 22 October 1773. Tuanui was the recipient of two sows and two boars, from which the wild pigs known as ‘Captain Cookers’ are descended.