Passenger vessel; Canoe; Burmese Dugout Canoe
Scale: Unknown. A model of a Burmese dugout canoe made entirely in wood the exterior of which has been stained and varnished. The hull appears to have been made from a single piece of wood and the hull shape is long and narrow with a shallow draught. There is a slight sheer to the stern and the foredeck is flat with a blunt bow. There is provision for seventeen thwarts (three recorded missing in 1977). A gunwale edge on the starboard side is fitted with a covering board of which the starboard stern part is missing and the entire port side covering board is missing.
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Object Details
ID: | AAE0081 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Possibly before 1913 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
Measurements: | Overall: 185 mm x 2102 mm x 215 mm |
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