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Hawaiian and Unidentified

Bark Cloth (kapa) with Impressed Patterning and Natural Pigments

1767

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  • Culture: Hawaiian
  • Artist Artist: Unidentified

Bark Cloth (kapa) with Impressed Patterning and Natural Pigments

1767

Physical Qualities Bark cloth, pigment, 45 × 17 1/2 in. (114.3 × 44.5 cm.)
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 2023.341
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2023; Private collection by purchase, 2008; Sotheby's Arts d'Afrique, Paris, sale #PF8018, 12/4/08; Sam Kamakau, by family descent from Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau (1815-1876)
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.

Artist Artist

Unidentified

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