kaeb

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Boat model

Model of an outrigger from Palau. Palau had five different types of outrigger for different purposes. The canoes of the kaeb type were sports canoes for the purpose of racing. They have not been built since the 1880s. Unlike the boats used to transport goods and people, a kaeb is very narrow. Whether the models were made solely for Europeans is debateable. In 2004, the master carver at the Etpison Museum on Palau, Enrico Soliman, built a kaeb for the Pacific Art Festival of the same year.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Model Boat
Dimensions
Length: 1860.0 mm
Height: 200.0 mm
Width: 510.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Plant fibre, Mother-of-pearl, Cowrie, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0653

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1880 - 1899
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    April 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Palau (location/origin)
    Caroline (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Werber, Paul - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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