1893.42.7.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Detached side of the model outrigger canoe 1893.42.7 .1. See records 1893.42.7 .1 - .13 for all items associated with this canoe. [ASh [OPS move] 11/10/2016]

Long description

Model outrigger canoe and float in 13 pieces [.1-.13]. The canoe [.1] has part of the outrigger frame attached and is decorated with carved designs and white and black pigment. One side [.2] has become detached. [.3 and .4] are carved and painted canoe prows with cowrie shells tied on each with plant fibre string. [.5 and .6] are a piece of carved and painted wood that has broken into two pieces. [.6] has a piece of plant leaf threaded through one of the holes. [.7-.10] are pieces of the outrigger frame and all are bound with lengths of plant fibre or plant fibre string. [.11] is a piece of plant fibre and [.12] is a piece of plant leaf, possibly part of [.6]. The float [.13] is carved at both ends and coloured with white pigment. Several holes have been made along the top into which short palm wood sticks have been inserted [SM (Verve) 18/03/2013]

Geographical reference

Papua New Guinea

Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea

Person

Field collector Hugh Hastings Romilly

PRM source Augustus Wollaston Franks

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1886

Date collected

1886

Acquisition information

Donated: 1893

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Carpentered, Process Tied, Process Perforated, Process Painted, Process Twisted

Dimensions

Width: max 60 mm, Length: max 1035 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1893.42.7.2

Search terms: Model, Navigation, Canoe