Part for model canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Broken off of the canoe and consisting of a single length of wood that has been bound and tied with plant fibre and reed. The reed has been wrapped around the stick in a spiral pattern. See 1884.54.55 .1 - .9 for the other associated parts. [ASh [OPS move] 10/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Part for model canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Broken off of the canoe and consisting of a single length of wood that has been bound and tied with plant fibre and reed. The reed has been wrapped around the stick in a spiral pattern. 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, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 40 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 225 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.54.55.9 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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