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Description: | Scale: 1:8. Model of a River Tywi coracle made entirely in wood and other organic materials. The model is made in exactly the same way as the vessel it depicts consisting of a sawn ash lathe frame with wicker gunwale covered with a tarred calico 'skin'. It is equipped with a paddle and a 'cnocer', a short club for stunning fish, which is held by two leather straps to the single transverse thwart. At either end of the thwart the gunwales form a pair of carrying handles.
In 1981 there were 14 licensed coracle fishermen on the Tywi, the largest concentration on any Welsh or English river.
TRIM Reference GEN/36144
caption: River Tywi coracle, port � bow
caption: River Tywi coracle, port broadside
caption: River Tywi coracle, starboard broadside
caption: River Tywi coracle, starboard stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boats models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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