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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of a Burmese passenger boat (circa 1890) made entirely in wood. The hull is hollowed out with the addition of deep wash strakes. The projecting bow is arrow-shaped and pointed while the high sweeping stern is flat-faced and chisel-shaped terminating in a carved rectangular panel. There is elaborate decorative carving along the forward bulkhead and around the high steering stern position. Fittings include a mast tabernacle forward, two thwarts, enclosed aft section and paddle rigged on the port stern quarter.
TRIM Reference GEN/36341
caption: Ethnographic boat model | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Kepple boats models (representations) Taylor | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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