Outrigger Canoe Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jul 1979
label: Collection Date
content: 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Saul H. Riesenberg
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Saul H. Riesenberg
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS IS AN ACCURATE MODEL OF A TRADITIONAL FULL SIZED, MULTIPLE-MANNED CHIEF'S OUTRIGGER CANOE. HULL DUG OUT OF A SINGLE LOG, EXCEPT FOR THE SEPARATELY ATTACHED GUNWALES, EXCISE CARVED INTO TRIANGLES ON EACH SIDE & THE PROW & STERN PIECES WITH RED TUFTS. HAS THE ELABORATE MULTIPLE-FRAMED OUTRIGGER. SMALL DAMAGES REPAIRED IN CONSERVATION LABORATORY. MADE IN 1947 BY NATIVE & PRESENTED TO DR. RIESENBERG BY JOSEPH IRIARTE, WHOSE TITLE WAS 'NANIKEN OF NET."
label: Notes
content: See Accession History for more details, including that this was a 'warasap' canoe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 337064
label: USNM Number
content: E420130-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 79 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 29 cm