Kapa

Artist Marie Leilehua McDonald (American, 1926 - 2019)

Date2008

GeographyHawaiʻi, USA

MediumBroussonettia papyrifera (wauke), 'Aiakanënë (Coprosma erniodeoides), 'Alaea (Bixa orellana), 'Alaea (water soluble colloidal ocherous earth), Hähä (Delissea rhytidosperma), Kukui (Aleurites molucanna), 'Ölena (Curcuma longa), Pöpolo (Solanum nigrum), beaten fiber including water mark, hand application of pigments including use of ‘ohe kapala (bamboo stamp)

Dimensions80 x 287 cm (31 1/2 x 113 in.)

ClassificationsFiber Art

Credit LineGift of Na Hoala Kapa (Happy Tamanaha, Moana Eisele, Alyse Ikeoka, Jan Yoneda, Pam Barton, Pam Lipscomb, and Ann Asakura), 2009 (14059.1)

Object number14059.1

DescriptionLong, rectangular kapa with abstract pattern in shades of yellow, black, brown, etc. Watermark: Maka 'upena pupu (shell in the eye of the net, or hole of the fish net).

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