Rigged model of a Swatow fishing boat

Made:: 1930-1932 in Hong Kong and Shanghai

This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

Science Museum Group
©The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rigged model, scale 1:10, of a sea-going Swatow fishing junk used in the Formosa Channel in China, with one large mail sail

Details

Category:: Water Transport

Object Number:: 1932-159

Materials:: wood (unidentified), bamboo, cotton (fibre), cotton (textile) and rope

Measurements:: overall: 1740 mm x 1650 mm x 480 mm,

type:: model - representation and fishing vessel

credit:: Shanghai Office of the Inspectorate General of Customs

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.