Model of a 'Batil', Arab trading vessel
- maker:
- Deerjeebhoy Merwanjee
Model, scale 1:18, of a 'Batil', an Arab trading vessel used on the Omani coast for pearl fishing, with two masts (raking forward) and lateen sails, by Deerjeebhoy Merwanjee, Bombay, Salsette Island, Maharashtra, India, 1842-1851. Deerjeebhoy Merwanjee built the model from a beam of the 'Cornwallis', which was built in 1788 of Malabar teak.
Whole rigged contemporary model of a batello or batil. Scale 1:18 A 19th Century trading and pearl fishing vessel, from the Persian Gulf
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1880-75
- Materials:
- teak (wood), cotton (fibre), beads and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 872 mm x 1453 mm x 335 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and watercraft
- credit:
- India Museum
