Joseph Dufour. Inhabitants of Nootka, Raiatea and Tonga. (Panels 1,2 and 3) 1804.

Joseph Dufour et Cie (est. 1797) Inhabitants of Nootka, Raiatea and Tonga. (Panels 1,2 and 3) From: *“Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique” or “Les Voyages du Capitaine Cook”*Designed by Jean-Gabriel Charvet (1750–1829)Mâcon and Paris, France: 1804–1805 Block-printed wallpaperDimensions: 69" x 62" This panoramic panel from Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique sets the stage for the viewer’s journey through the Pacific, beginning in the North and moving southward. It portrays a range of Indigenous life across three regions—Nootka Sound (on the Northwest Coast of Canada), Raiatea in French Polynesia, and Hapaee (now Lifuka) in the Kingdom of Tonga. Each scene embodies a distinct cultural vignette, filtered through the neoclassical lens of Enlightenment Europe.   ·       At left, the people of Nootka Sound are shown amidst their coastal landscape. Most notably, a young girl assists a woman in hanging fish to dry—an essential part of daily life and survival on the rugged Pacific Northwest coast.