Sail, part of model Chinese war junk 1884.81.16 [ZM 11/2/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sail, part of model Chinese war junk 1884.81.16 [ZM 11/2/2016]
Long description: The sail is made of strips of bamboo or cane positioned in vertical rows and stitched in place, secured at the very top and bottom to a wooden pole. A length of the cotton rigging is attached to one of the poles. Museum staff, due to the fragile nature of the sail, have secured a piece of netting to the back. The wood has been stained. [ZM 11/2/2016]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: Prior to 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Stained
Dimensions: Height: max 470 mm, Width: max 501 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.81.16.6 PR Cat other PR nos: 2721
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]