Boat & Parts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jan 1900
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1899 to Sep 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BOAT OF HARDWOOD, PLANKS JOINED BY WOODEN PEGS INSERTED INTO HOLES BORED INTO CORRESPONDING EDGES OF EACH. AN EXAMPLE OF BOATS TO THE EAST OF SINGAPORE. TRANSFERRED TO DIV OF ENGINEERING. 1964 RETURNED TO ETHNOLOGY." FROM CARD: "204,573 B. SAIL OF UNBLEACHED COTTON." FROM CARD: "204,573 C. MAST." FROM CARD: "204,573 D. DOUBLE BLADE PADDLE OF TEAK WOOD." FROM CARD: "204,573 E. SINGLE BLADE PADDLE OF TEAK WOOD."
label: Notes
content: William Louis Abbott letter dated October 24, 1899 in the accession file notes: "The canoe from Jimaja is an example of the way in which boats + prahus generally are constucted to the East of ... [Singapore]. The planks are joined by wooden pegs inserted into holes bored with corresponding edges of each. ... I had to saw off the high bow and stern pieces for convenience in transportation, but I have put them in the canoe with mast and paddles + they can easily be stuck on again." The William Louis Abbott papers in the National Anthropological Archives, series 4, box 4, folder on Accession 36053, contains a description of the bow ornament for this canoe: "Bow ornament for canoe (chechawi coly). Branch of tree carved and joined, the curved end probably representing the head of a bird. It fits into notches on the side of the canoe, near the bow, the bill looking forward and is fastened by means of rattans to a crosspiece inside of the canoe. Such ornaments are sometimes painted blue and white. Length 17 inches." An intramural transfer of specimens document in the accession file dated February 18, 1965 lists this boat as part of a group of boats transferred from the Division of Transportation to the Division of Ethnology, Department of Anthropology.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Jimaja Island (Jemaja, Djemadja), Riau Islands Province / Anambas Islands, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anamba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 036053
label: USNM Number
content: E204573-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boat / Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 504.2 cm