Yagourouh and Mio, Yap, West Carolines (Limited Editions)

Catalog ID: CFA7721

Artist: Paul Jacoulet
Medium: Original Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: South Seas - Yap
Edition: First State, #/150 - Kanji Edition
Date: 1938
Publisher: The Artist - Privately Published
Reference No.: Miles #52
Size: 18 -3/4 x 14 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors

Notes:

A near mint, first state edition. The beauties lips were stained a vivid scarlet by the juice of actual betel nuts, with the mint background decorated with flecks of gold leaf and other delicate vegetable pigments.

This unusual print shows two unmarried and presumably immature girls of high caste in their traditional skirts and finest jewelry. The bracelets, earring and necklace are of tortoise, trochus and other ropes of sennit, a strong cord meshed of coconut fibers. The pierced ears of both men and women often carried flowers, cigarettes, or bits of chewing gum wrapping.