1908.5.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Model Maltese rowing boat [ZM 15/2/2016]

Long description

Carved and painted model Maltese rowing boat with B. BORDA painted on both sides of the hull and an eye, which was to avert danger. The cabin has decorative silk drapes, which are extremely fragile and deteriorating. There is a painted metal lantern hanging inside the cabin. Tied onto one side of the deck is a wooden bucket with a brass rim and a wooden baler. A string rope, which presumably was once attached to the anchor is attached at one end of the boat. The model contains the following parts, which are detachable from the hull [.1]: two painted oars [.2-.3]; four wooden poles [.4-.7]; and a lead anchor [.8]. It is unclear what the four wooden poles are for but two have metal points at the ends and some are shaped in a way that suggests these were attached to another part of the boat originally. [ZM 15/2/2016]

Geographical reference

Malta

Europe > Southern Europe > Malta

Cultural groups

Maltese

Person

Field collector Henry Balfour

PRM source Henry Balfour

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1908

Date collected

By 1908

Acquisition information

Donated: 1908

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Brass Metal, Material Lead Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Woven, Process Modelled, Process Cast, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Length: max 730 mm, Height: max 245 mm, Width: max 235 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1908.5.1

Search terms: Model, Navigation, Boat