Fighting vessel; War boat: Burmese

Scale: Unknown. A model of a Burmese war boat (Burma now known as Myanmar). The model has been made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The dugout hull is carved from a single piece of wood, with a washstrake which is held in place by vertical thole pins. The exterior hull is painted black with gold and red detailing at the bow and the stern, and has a black, red, and white painted oculi either side of the bow. The interior of the hull is painted a dark green and is complete with 17 thwarts. There is a corrugated, decorative bow and stern which is upwardly curved and painted black. The platform at the bow is a mitre shape which tapers to an extended point. The bow and stern are concave in shape connecting along a rockered hull. The model is possibly displayed on its original baseboard with four bun feet, and is set on a pair of twisted brass wire crutches. There is a label with '5' stuck to the baseboard.