Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1938
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 26 3/8 x 26 in. ( 67 x 66 cm )
Description
Cotton printed kerchief with a pictorial map of Hawaii, with a compass and airplane, in the center; at top bubbling lava in a volcano; left is a woman in a landscape with lais; right is a woman in a landsacpe hula dancing; bottom is a surfer and a man rowing a boat; seahorse and fish in lower right and left corners; printed in maroon, blue, light-blue, and yellow on a white ground; blue border.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number
Z.1162
Marks
printed: on map: "HAWAII/ MAUI/ KAHOOLAWE/ LANAI/ MOLOKAI/ HONOLULU/ WAIKIKI/ OAHU/ KAUAI/ NIHAU"
printed: lower right corner: "H. SARGENT HITCHCOCK - COPYRIGHT - 1938"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
