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Wood-block engraving of a fisherman. The fisherman is dark skinned, and draped in the fish net he is about to throw in the water. He stands on the sand, right at the edge of the water. The sea is turquoise blue.
wood engravings (prints)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
ink
Print
"Hawaiian fisherman" (painted, bottom left)
"CWB" (written in a square)
"Charles W. Barttlett/ Native fishing in Hawaii/ Bought in Honolulu 1922" (pencil written)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P654
Unknown
12 3/16 x 16 8/16 x 11/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1077
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