Model Of Outrigger Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Apr 1921
name: label: Collector
content: E L. Sechrist
label: Donor Name
content: E L. Sechrist
notes: label: Notes
content: From catalog card: "Model made by Tumatea Raatau of Punaauia near Paparaa, some distance from Papeete, Tahiti. He was the son of a cheiftan of the old Teva clan of [poets] and was donor's host while in Tahiti, assisting him in obtaining many legends, one of which was published in 'Asia'."
label: Notes
content: Letter, E Lloyd Sechrist to W. de C. Ravenel, April 4, 1921: "This model was made by Tumatea Raatau of Punaauia near Paparaa, some distance from Papeete, Tahiti. He was the son of a chieftain of the old Teva Clan of poets, and was my host while in Tahiti, assisting me in obtaining many tales and legends, one of which was published in the April number of "Asia". I am enclosing some photographs of this man and his wife and of the beach in front of their home which may be of interest in this connection. The usual fishing canoe has only one seat, seldom two, while the large traveling or war canoes were as much as sixty feet long, or more, and carried up to fifty men. I saw a sixty foot canoe and was told they were often made longer. If the log from which the canoe is made is not large enough, greater depth will be given to the canoe by means of additional pieces, as may be seen in the photograph, sewed on with strong fiber and the seam calked with gum from the breadfruit tree. The broad bladed paddle is characteristic. The point of the canoe has been somewhat damaged and not properly repaired."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Punaauia, Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 066392
label: USNM Number
content: E307254-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model