Platform (Chakaje) For A River Boat/Raft (Jala)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Aug 1971
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Walton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Length comprised of six roughly parallel pieces of "Sofaida" wood, width of seven roughly parallel pieces of same wood, perpendicular pieces bound together with rope (Burn) made from "Mezre" reed."
label: Notes
content: See related objects E412444 and E412445. Hide floats or pontoons like E412445 would be used as flotation devices to help a river raft platform like E412443 float on the water. Traditionally, inflated animal hides were used, though in more recent times large tire tubes, like truck tire tubes, have been used as floats/pontoons. Rowlocks like E412444 would also have been used with this type of raft. Pontoon rafts like this are traditionally called Jalas in this area of Pakistan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Batkhela, Swat / Malakand, North-West Frontier Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Swati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 296278
label: USNM Number
content: E412443-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Raft
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 211 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 211 cm