model;
canoe
- Museum number
- Oc1961,06.3
- Description
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Model of a single outrigger canoe made of wood, with two booms and four pairs of crossed stick connectives along with a small platform on booms.
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.50 centimetres
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Width: 27 centimetres
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Depth: 72.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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KAPINGAMARANGI
Received in exchange for a small series of Polynesian barkcloth samples of equivalent value.
Marangi means bright or light sky in Maori/Polynesian languages
Bishop Museum label stuck onto the outside of the hull:
Hon Acad of Arts L.no.15388 (printed label)
BISHOP
Another stuck on label:
C.9974
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Notes from Dr Arina Lebedeva from the Kunstkamera (Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology), St Petersburg (Oct 2013): This is a paddling canoe
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1961: Received in exchange for a small series of Polynesian barkcloth samples of equivalent value.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1961,06.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C.9974 (Bishop Museum no.)
