Model of a canoe made from wood tied and stitched together with coconut fibre cord. [SM (Verve) 18/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of a canoe made from wood tied and stitched together with coconut fibre cord. [SM (Verve) 18/02/2013]
Long description: Model of a canoe [.1] and rudder [.2], made from wood tied and stitched together with coconut fibre cord. The canoe has one sail made from ?cotton textile, which is bound to the mast with sewing thread. Three paddles are tied to the canoe with coconut fibre cord. [SM (Verve) 18/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati; Gilbert Islands Butaritari
Person: Maker F.J. Müller; Field collector William Henry Miller; PRM source William Henry Miller
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1926
Date collected: By 1926
Acquisition information: Donated: 1926
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stitched, Process Sawn, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Tied, Process Wound
Dimensions: Width: max 450 mm, Length: max 1060 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1926.64.1.1
Research and responses: It seems likely that this is the Fijian ship builder who is connected with other objects, William Henry Miller [AP 24/06/2014]

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