Hiawatha

Edmonia Lewis · 1868

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Palette

Pearl grey
27% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.2:1

Soot
27% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1

Iron
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1

Pewter
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Silver
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

Stone
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

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Artist: Edmonia Lewis
American, 1844–1907
Date: 1868
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Marble
Size: 13 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (34.9 × 19.7 × 14 cm)
Place: Italy
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morris K. Jesup and Friends of the American Wing Funds, 2015. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Hiawatha

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