Model Of "Jangada" Boat
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS IS A RIGGED MODEL OF A BOAT USED FOR SAILING THE SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS. REFER: COLLIN'S MS. P. 969."
label: Notes
content: See also E160177. This model is described on pp. 222-223 of U.S. National Museum Bulletin # 127: "Model of Brazilian jangada. A catamaran, locally called " jangada," is used in navigating along the shallow coasts of Brazil and for fishing. It is made of six logs of buoyant wood, of varying sizes, each log pointed at both ends and fastened together with logs secured by wooden tree nails. The raft is fitted with a rude [sic] platform and seats, and arched over with a mat roof; also with an elevated seat for the steersman. Dimensions of jangada. - Length, 17 feet 3 inches ; width, 5 feet 3 inches; mast, 13 feet 1 1/2 inches; boom, 10 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, two-thirds inch equals 1 foot. Collected by S. D. Trenchard."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E15139-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Raft Model