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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of an oru or outrigger canoe from Sri Lanka made entirely in wood. The dugout hull is sewn to the washstrakes. There is an off centre float that has been carved from a single piece of wood and is connected to the hull by a pair of booms. The two booms comprise of two curved singular lengths of timber bound together with cord or wire. There is an unidentified part stored in the vessel hull. On a paper label applied to the side of model is "14".
TRIM Reference GEN/36353.
caption: ORU Outrigger canoe, Ceylon - Front
caption: ORU Outrigger canoe, Ceylon - Back
caption: unavailable
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | 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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