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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 Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked Artist: John Webber Plate: 65 Engraver: C. Crignion Depicted in this image, the rowers are transporting a priest who is carrying a feather-covered image of Kukailimoku, the Hawaiian god of war. The priests and paddlers are all wearing gourd masks, and their double-hulled canoe is rigged with a woven sail. Double-hulled or single-hulled outrigger canoes were the primary form of transportation in Polynesian Hawaii. The smaller canoes, like the one depicted here, were shaped from a single, great koa log harvested from upcountry rainforests where they were carved before being hauled to the coast. Each canoe typically held five or six paddlers.
