Boat Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Sep 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "scale about 1/4 [of full size]. Complete with mast, sail, anchor, etc. The Selung are the aborigines of the Mergui Arch. Their canoes are very ingenious and very seaworthy. They can put to sea in any weather but are very uncomfortable, rolling and tumbling about."
label: Notes
content: This appears to be a large model of a traditional Moken boat called a kabang, with forked or bifurcated bow and stern ends.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Mergui Archipelago, Burma (Myanmar), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Selung (Moken)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037007
label: USNM Number
content: E206522-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boat Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 218 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 46 cm