Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Canoe of the Mon Tippe [type], showing methods of construction.
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 346. Solomon Ids. Canoe of the Mon [underlined] type; showing method of construction. Rivers' Colln.' [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Label attached to the inside on starboard side reads 'Solomon Islands fr Rivers. Coll.'; 'Z 346' handwritten in black ink on same side. [Heather Donoghue 30.06.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Undecorated model canoe with tall prows at bow and stern. The top of the prow at the bow has two round notches with a tuft of cockatoo feathers, which are tied to an inserted post with thin twisted string made from plant fibre. The top of the prow at the stern has a small subtriangular projection with an incised line around the outside and a crossbar at the top, which has broken on one side. The hull is cauked with Parinarium nut paste near the stern and on the portside; the other side consists of boards lashed together at intervals with plant fibre. Running along the keel are four semi-circular canes lashed to lugs protruding from the hull. At the bow and stern, three lugs on each side of the canoe are tied together with plant fibre. [Heather Donoghue 30.06.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: maa