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Drawing, Mataafas Men Making

This is a Drawing. It was created by John La Farge. It is dated October 1890 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

20 × 12.5 cm (7 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Get a photo / taken / or snap it"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Mataafas men / making ' -- ' / outside our hut for us / cocoa milk and arrow roots"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mataafas Men Making; John La Farge (American, 1835–1910); USA; graphite on paper; 20 × 12.5 cm (7 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.); 1961-10-3

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