Model of an outrigger for the canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Carved from a single curved piece of wood, oval in shape with two pointed ends. Bound at one end with plant reed and decorated in the centre with more plant reed that has spirals at one end. Perforated with holes across the upper surface, where a large crack is present. See 1884.54.55 .1 - .9 for the other associated parts. [ASh [OPS move] 10/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of an outrigger for the canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Carved from a single curved piece of wood, oval in shape with two pointed ends. Bound at one end with plant reed and decorated in the centre with more plant reed that has spirals at one end. Perforated with holes across the upper surface, where a large crack is present. See 1884.54.55 .1 - .9 for the other associated parts. [ASh [OPS move] 10/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1879
Date collected: ?Prior to 1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Bound, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 27 mm, Length: max 920 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.54.55.2 PR no.: 4/ 9058
Research and responses: It is possible that this object was collected by EH Man. 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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