Audience with the Chiefly Council of the Marquesan and Tahitian Nations
Photographic record of the ceremonial audience between His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui and the tattooed chiefs of the Marquesas and Society Islands
Collection Record
Plate documenting the ceremonial audience held between His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi and the chiefly council of the Marquesan and Tahitian nations, bearing the patu pounamu and lei pūpū of office, vested in the full tatau of their hereditary rank.
Photographic Evidence
What a photograph may establish
Presence, a meeting, a ceremony, a delegation, a gathering, and shared participation, as recorded in the image and its caption.
What a photograph alone does not establish
Formal state recognition, government endorsement, recognition by the United Nations, interstate treaty status, or legal jurisdiction.
Traditional, ceremonial, and cultural significance recorded in these plates is documented on its own terms and is not diminished by this note.
Related archive records
Archive records catalogued under the same places and subjects as this collection.
- Tahitian Chiefly Gathering — Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2017 · PKA-JRN-2024-007
- Union Royale du Triangle Polynésien Coverage — Tahiti, French Polynesia · PKA-PRS-2024-004
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06 — the date this collection entry was last editorially reviewed on this website, not the date of the events depicted.