1884.81.6.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Model coracle made from wood with bench a bench in the centre of the boat. The shell of the boat is made from reeds that have been woven and bent between one another and then turned upwards at the ends to create a coat shape. The edge of the model is then bordered with a twisted basketwork design. The exterior of the boat is covered with a dark coloured textile. The interior of the boat has a bench going straight across with a leather strap perforating the bench. See 1884.81.6 .2 for the paddle associated with this boat. [ASh [OPS move] 27/09/2016]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wales Gwent River Usk

Cultural groups

Welsh

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: 1800-1880

Date collected

By 1880 Dec

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Animal, Material Cane Plant, Material Textile, Process Bent, Process Twisted, Process Perforated, Process Woven

Dimensions

Length: max 455 mm, Width: max 304 mm, Height: max 85 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.81.6.1 PR no.: 1/ 11701

Research and responses

It is not stated in any of the primary sources which object [and where it was] the boat was modelled on. It was presumably used as example of a missing link in one of the series [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Navigation, Model, Boat, Paddle