Model Samoan Out-rigger Canoe

Made:
1920-1924 in Samoa

Model, scale approx. 1:6, of an outrigger canoe as used for bonito fishing in Samoa, with shell decorations, collected in Samoa by the explorer Charles Reed

Details

Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1924-668
Materials:
wood (unidentified), cotton (fibre), bamboo and shell
Measurements:
overall: 185 mm x 1170 mm x 268 mm,
type:
model - representation and canoe
credit:
New Zealand Commission for the British Empire Exhibition