Model boat seat with two slots at either end to be attached to the vessel. For the other associated parts see 1884.81.4 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Model boat seat with two slots at either end to be attached to the vessel. For the other associated parts see 1884.81.4 .1 - .7 [BH [OPS move] 20/09/2016]
Long description: Model boat seat with two slots at either end to be attached to the vessel. Part of a set, which also includes a model boat [1884.81.4 .1], two oar locks [1884.81.4 .3] and paddles [1884.81.4 .4 - .7] [BH [OPS move] 20/09/2016]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 193 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.81.4.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 2722 PR Cat other PR nos: 8111
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]

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