model;
raft
- Museum number
- Am1956,02.1
- Description
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Register 1955:
Model of a sailing Jangada, or cargo raft. The base is made of five shaped 'balsa' logs; with a triangular sail and detachable mast. The bundle of equipment in stern, consists of a large basket with two machetes stuck into it, two tin pans, a keg, a wooden pail with lid, a length of rope, a boat-hook, etc. Two wooden 'logs' represent the cargo and there are two wooden models of an oar or padle too.
- Dimensions
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Length: 4.81 inches ('logs')
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Length: 8.87 inches (padle no.1b)
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Length: 5.25 inches (padle no.1c)
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Length: 21.37 inches (raft)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1956:
1a: Composite model of a sailing raft, the base of five shaped balsa logs; with a triangular sail and detachable mast. Bundle of equipment in stern, consisting of: a large basket with 2 machetes stuck into it; 2 tin pans; a keg; a wooden pail with lid, a length of rope, a boat-hook, a plumb-bob? and line?, and ? [sic] a baler? (scoop-shaped).
1b: Wooden model oar or padle.
1c: Another similar [to Am1956,02.1b], smaller.
1d,e: Wooden 'logs', representing cargo.
Amazon River, Brazil. Model of a sailing Jangada, or cargo raft.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1956
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1956,02.1
