Canoe (Model)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1943
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Robert W. Grant
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Robert W. Grant
notes: label: Notes
content: Model of a 36 ft ocean-going outrigger. Made under direction of 70 yr. old man who had sailed in one of the last ones in use. A. CANOE HULL: DEEP NAROW FORM BUILT UP OF NUMEROUS SEPARATE PIECES OF WOOD LASHED TOGETHER WITH SENNIT. FRAMEPLATFORM EXTENDS ON OPPOSITE SIDE FROM OUTRIGGER, PROBABLY FOR THE HOUSE. B. HOUSE: LEAF COVERED FRAMEWORK FOR PARTIAL PROTECTION ONLONG TRIPS. C. OUTRIGGER: BALSA WOOD FLOAT ATTACHED TO HULL BY 5 LASH-ED BOOMS. DETERIORIATION BY WOOD BORERS. D. MAST: STRAIGHT STICK WITH SEPARATE SECTION LASHED TO ONE END. E. SAIL: TWILLED PLAITED PANDANUS LEAF WITH SPARS (A YARD& A BOOM) FASTENED TO 2 EDGES. F. PADDLES (3): ONLY BLADES PRESENT (2 MISSING HANDLES). G. BOAT BAILER: POINTED OVAL SCOOP. H. PROW DECORATION: T-SHAPED FORM OF WOOD, THAT ORIGINALLY HAD FEATHERS, ETC. TIED TO IT.
label: Notes
content: Accession history (p. 34/44): 'Large (36") Ocean Going Outrigger Canoe with all fittings, including house to live in during 4-6 months trips. Made by young (about 35 yr. old) woodcarver under guidance of old (about 70 yr. old) man who said as a young man he had made several "long-long" trips in one of the last of such vessels in the Gilberts'
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 335380
label: USNM Number
content: E419725-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Mast
content: 79.5 cm
label: Length - Bailer
content: 6.5 cm
label: Height - Prow Decoration
content: 8.2 cm
label: Length - Model
content: 89 cm
label: Width - Model
content: 10 cm
label: Unknown - Sq, House
content: 14 cm²
label: Length - Outrigger
content: 42 cm