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Description: | Model illustrating the sewing pattern of Samoan boats. This is the method of fastening strakes on the va'a-alo of Samoa. This is a plank built outrigger canoe used in the bonito fishery. The method of fastening is by discontinuous sewing, but unlike most such systems the sewing does not penetrate the exterior of the hull. This is accomplished by leaving the flange on the edges of the planks and boring the sewing holes at an angle through these and out of the top (or bottom) of the plank. Two or three turns of rope are passed between the pairs of sewing holse to secure the planking. However on this model the planking has not been drawn together tightly, in order to make the construction method visible.
Museum neg: C9289/20 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | patterns (guides) sewing equipment | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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