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Chiefs and Chiefesses Passing on Their Way to a Great Conference. Evening. Samoa.
Chiefs and Chiefesses Passing on Their Way to a Great Conference. Evening. Samoa.

Chiefs and Chiefesses Passing on Their Way to a Great Conference. Evening. Samoa.

John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)
1891
Object PlaceUpolu, Polynesia
Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper
DimensionsImage: 30 x 37.9 cm (11 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Framed: 49.9 x 56.5 cm (19 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of E. Adelaide Sargent Mason in memory of Arthur Hewes Sargent
Accession number1981.505
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in pen and black ink: Vaiala / Upolu. Somao. / JLF February. 91ProvenanceE. Adelaide Sargent Mason; bequest to MFA, December 1981.