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model boat

Model of an outrigger boat from the Admiralty Islands, consisting of hull, outrigger frame and float. The lower part of the hull is coloured dark brown, the upper part light brown. The two sterns are carved, highly stylised crocodile heads. The hull, platform and floats are made of wood, the outrigger framework of four bamboo poles. All parts are connected with plant fibres. The float is partially broken off.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
models (representations)
Dimensions
General: 13.5 × 39 × 164.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; Rotang; Plant fibre; Pigment carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D13891
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D13891

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1900
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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