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Description: | Scale: Unknown. Model of an Arab badan made entirely of wood. Hull consists of thin wood planking lashed together in a carvel fashion, with a flat narrow bottom. There is a rigged mast with no sails amidships with a boom and lateen spar. The fore and aft deck are held in place by two booms and there is a third boom amidships with a notch to support the single mast. There are hardwood stem and stern posts and a high projecting rudder. The model is displayed on a pair of brass wirework crutches attached to a wooden rectangular baseboard with straight bevelled edges atop four bun feet.
TRIM Reference GEN/36264
caption: Arapo bedan - port broadside
caption: Arapo bedan - bow three quarter
caption: Arapo bedan - 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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