Model reed boat, or balsa, with a reed sail and two wooden masts. [ZM 31/3/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model reed boat, or balsa, with a reed sail and two wooden masts. [ZM 31/3/2016]
Long description: Model of a balsa boat of the type used on Lake Titicaca, which borders Bolivia and Peru. The boat is from bundles of dried reeds bound together and secured at regular intervals with twisted plant fibre, with two separate bundles forming the gunwales on each side. The model includes two carved wooden masts attached to each other with twisted plant fibre and a rectangular sail. The sail is made from dried reeds attached together with twisted plant fibre. The model consists of the following detachable parts: the boat [.1], the sail [.2], and two wooden masts [.3]. [ZM 31/3/2016]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Lake Titicaca
Person: Field collector William Martin Conway; PRM source William Martin Conway
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: By 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Wood Plant, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Carved, Process Dried
Dimensions: Width: max 104 mm, Length: max 600 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.34.1