Arab baggala, c. 1851
- Made:
- 1800-1851 in Oman, Sur, Ash-Sharqiyah and Italy
larger display model of Arab Baggala (1851)
Rigged, whole model of an Arab cargo vessel of the baggala type, c.1851. Scale1:20. Though this model was made in the Bombay Dockyard, for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the original craft were mainly built at Sur, in Oman.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1926-573
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 640 mm x 2040 mm x 425 mm, ,
- type:
- sailing vessels, cargo vessels and dhows
- credit:
- King's College, London
