Scale: About 1:12. A model of an East African bhooti or dhow (circa 1900) made entirely in wood and other organic materials. The hull is carved from solid with woven matting washstrakes along the gunwales, and is painted white below the waterline. It is rigged with one large triangular lateen sail, made from white material, on a scarfed spar, and there is a very short bowsprit. It is steered by a large flat-bottomed rudder hung from the stern. The model is equipped with a coil of rope and an anchor. On port and starboard bows: ‘Raha’. The model is displayed on a large bespoke wooden cradle.