IDNO

N.131545.HNL

Description

"Outrigger connectives. Fakarava. Feb 1925." [Hornell's annotation]

“Modern plank-built outrigger canoe of Fakarava: a typical modern form of outrigger attachment, fore-boom attachment a vertical stanchion connective braced by two pairs of converging stays ... after boom inserted into float.” [Hornell’s caption]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Tuamotu Archipelago; Fakarava [Paumotu Islands]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Hornell, James

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

February 1925

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte (Mrs)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.131502.HNL - P.131627.HNL were found unaccessioned in Drawer C.43.14 of the Photo Store, in a cardboard box, now numbered C639/.

Publication: Image of a similar boat published in Haddon, A.C. and J. Hornell, 1936, Canoes of Oceania, (Bishop Museum Publication, Honolulu), Vol. 1 Fig. 51.a with the following caption:
“Modern plank-built outrigger canoe of Fakarava: a typical modern form of outrigger attachment, fore-boom attachment a vertical stanchion connective braced by two pairs of converging stays (of wire in one canoe, of cord in another), after boom inserted into float; ... (photographed in 1925).” [JD 3/4/2008]