Post #279291 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 16, 2007 10:30 PM

Here is a nice shot of Miguel and his talented wife Rosa in front of the "Economy of the Pacific", the most elaborate of the 6 maps at the 1939 S.F. Expo:

...and here is your urban archaeologist, happy about his discovery of 5 of those maps at the S.F. Port building in the mid 90s. I am pointing at the Marquesan hut in the "Native Dwellings of the Pacific Area" map that can be found on page 56/57 of the BOT. (Anybody has an update on where these are now?):

And to give novices an inkling of Covarrubias' talent, here are some of his illustrations for a 1935 reprint of Melville's "Typee".

An old Marquesan warrior:

At a native dance:

One of his most elaborate works was his book on Bali. Here is the floor plan of a Balinese temple, which always reminded me of the Kahiki floor plan:

My personal favorite is this beautiful rendering of a Balinese bather:

Aaaaah.... :)