Canoe Hull

65-48-1A

From: Caroline Islands | Truk Islands | Romonum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 65-48-1A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Caroline Islands | Truk Islands | Romonum
Date Made 1965
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Description

Hull of disassembled Truk paddling canoe. Piece of gunwale broken off center of port side where outrigger assembly attaches. Outside painted black. See Haddon and Hornell, Canoes of Oceania, pp. 393-395 and Figs. 284, 285.

Length 600 cm
Width 52 cm
Credit Line Truk Island Expedition; W. Goodenough, 1965

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