Additional Eighteenth-Century Sketches of the Polynesian Native Dog, Including the Maori

Abstract

While at the British Museum in May and June, 1960, I discovered five additional eighteenth- century sketches which include views of what presumably are native Polynesian dogs. Two are of the Maori native dog, of which no other sketches are known. Three sketches show dogs of the Society Islands but do not portray them as clearly as in the views presented earlier (Luomala, 1960a) in this journal. However, they may be of general historical and anthropological interest. Also included is a sketch showing a native pig of the Society Islands.