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1893.42.7.4

Model canoe prow ornament for the canoe 1893.42.7 .1. Carved and painted canoe prows with cowrie shells tied on each with plant fibre string. See records 1893.42.7 .1 - .13 for all items associated with this canoe. [ASh [OPS move] 11/10/2016]

1893.42.7.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Model canoe prow ornament for the canoe 1893.42.7 .1. Carved and painted canoe prows with cowrie shells tied on each with plant fibre string. 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]
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 260 mm, Length: max 287 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1893.42.7.4

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