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1879 Wood Engraving Chief Vanikoro Santa Cruz Islands Art Portrait Solomon XGS9 XGAD6 Cattle DriveThis is an original 1879 black and white wood engraving of a portrait of the chief of Vanikoro, an island of the Santa Cruz group, located in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. This image was procured from a rare portfolio of wood engravings and lithographs which delves into the culture and landscape of Australasia in the late 19th century. It accompanied the work of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913), the British anthropologist, biologist,