Masaichi Fukumitsu with Nightingale, photo on canvas
Item Number: 517
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $1,000
Online Close: Jul 22, 2018 7:00 PM HST
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Description
Coffee farmer, Masaichi Fukumitsu, with donkey loaded with bags, c. 1934. Donkeys known as "Kona Nightingale" (because of their braying) were a very essential part of the coffee industry in Kona.
This photograph on canvas appeared in Kona Historical Society's 2017 exhibit, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawaii Belt Road. Dimensions are 40"x60".
Courtesy of Kona Historical Society.
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