Outrigger canoe / model

Description

Model outrigger canoe in white painted wood, with narrow hull prolonged into ram-like projections, and thin and tall stern and stern posts: Melanesian, Matty Island

Museum reference

A.1899.298

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Outrigger canoe / model

Production information

Matty Island, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Wood

Physical description

White painted wood

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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