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Object Number 2004.29.24097
Display Title Men rowing double canoe with sail
Descriptions
Object Description From drawing made by Webber, the official artist on Cook's final Pacific voyage. Written on board: "Hawaiian Islands Polynesia" Printed on print: "Gent. Mag. July 1784. / A Canoe of the Sandwich islands, the Rowers Masked."
Department Photographic
Date 1784
Artist Charles Grignion
Artist John Webber
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 21.2725 × 25.4001 cm (8 3/8 × 10 in.)

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