Whole model Norse herring drift-net boat
1800-1883
Whole model, scale 1:8, rigged, of a 'Ottering' or 'Stavaring' herring boat, with nets, floats and sinkers inside model, unsigned, Norway, 1800-1883. 'Ottering' or 'Stavaring' herring boats were used in the Norwegian herring fisheries from Trondheim northwards to Nordland.
Whole, rigged model of Norwegian drift net, herring boat, or ottring boat, or Stavering boat. Scale1:8
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1883-156
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), cotton (fibre), cotton (textile), steel (metal) and paint
- Measurements:
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overall: 932 mm x 1325 mm x 390 mm,
- type:
- model - representation, sailing ship and fishing vessel
- credit:
- Bompas, G.C.
