drua | Photographer: Leonie Gärtner
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drua
This model of a double-hulled boat (drua) with two hulls of unequal length is missing the mast and the sail. The shorter hull (cama) is on the side facing the wind when sailing. In the 19th century, double-hulled boats could be up to 35 metres long and carry up to 180 people. Today, double-hulled boats are rarely produced in Fiji. The model boats were probably made for the European demand for curiosities. It is not known that they were used locally.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Model of a double hull boat
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 32 x 110 x 44,5 cm
Gewicht: 3,33 kg
Gewicht: 3,33 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Palm leaf , Plant fibre , Plant fibre (coconut)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 11741
Provenance and sources
when
before 1894
where
Polynesia [Großregion]
Fiji [Land]
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