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Premium canvas... We print our own Giclées in our Lahaina studio just for you, using the finest archival inks, guaranteed not to fade or shift under normal circumstances for over 100 years. Our premium canvases are of the highest quality, and all of our canvas graphics (many of which are exclusive to us) are 100% waterproof. One of the advantages of our labor-intensive process, along with stability and color range, is the fact that our canvases can be displayed without glass. In addition to being glare-free, they are also easily cleaned, making them extremely versatile decorating choices. Our Giclées are not fragile, so you can display them with ease in any number of locations.
We print our own Giclées in our Lahaina studio just for you, using the finest archival inks, guaranteed not to fade or shift under normal circumstances for over 100 years. Our premium canvases are of the highest quality, and all of our canvas graphics (many of which are exclusive to us) are 100% waterproof. One of the advantages of our labor-intensive process, along with stability and color range, is the fact that our canvases can be displayed without glass. In addition to being glare-free, they are also easily cleaned, making them extremely versatile decorating choices. Our Giclées are not fragile, so you can display them with ease in any number of locations.
A Man of the Sandwich Islands in a Mask Artist: John Webber Plate: 66 Engraver: T. Cook This powerful image is described in a passage from Cook's journals: "It is a kind of mask, made of a large gourd with holes cut in it for eyes and nose. The top was stuck full of small green twigs that, at a distance, had the appearance of an elegant waving plume, and from the lower part hung narrow strips of cloth resembling a beard. We never saw these masks worn but twice, and both times by a number of people in a canoe, who came to the side of the ships, laughing and drolling with an air of masquerading." * *Cook's Journal - March 1779
