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2017.96.1

Model boat with separate oars, paddles and figures [see individual entries 1913.17.106 .1 - .14]. [FB 4/5/2017]

2017.96.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Model boat with separate oars, paddles and figures [see individual entries 1913.17.106 .1 - .14]. [FB 4/5/2017]
Long description
Model boat with separate oars, paddles and figures [see individual entries 1913.17.106 .1 - .14]. The boat is painted white with red decoration and carved crocodiles on either side. The inside of the boat has four benches. The is a prow decoration at one end of the boat of a carved figure, head and torso painted brown. There are six individual oars and paddles of various sizes and five carved wooden figures, some perforated with nails where they would have been fixed to the boat, some holding paddles, one painted brown. [FB 4/5/2017]
Geographical reference
Africa
Africa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913/1914?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1913/1914?
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 04/05/2017
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Perforated, Process Nailed
Dimensions
Height: max 235 mm, Width: max 265 mm, Length: max 1125 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2017.96.1

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