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Model, scale ¼” : 1', of a Chinese bamboo raft with long narrow bamboo platform and up-turned bow to enable the raft to slide over rocks, as used on the Ya River, China, unsigned, Hong Kong, 1930-1963
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1963-191
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), bamboo, cotton (fibre) and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 65 mm x 722 mm x 95 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and raft
- credit:
- Worcester, George Raleigh Gray
