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Model paopao (outrigger canoe)

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item details

NameModel paopao (outrigger canoe)

ProductionUnknown; Sāmoa

Classificationdugouts, canoes, outriggers, models

Materialswood, plant fibre

Techniquescarving

DimensionsOverall: 230mm (width), 95mm (height), 770mm (length)

Registration NumberFE012472

Credit lineGift of Miss E Dasent, 1936

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Category

Made of: wood
plant fibre
Type of: dugouts
canoes
outriggers
models
Refers to: Woodworking
Wood carving
About: fishing
Technique used: carving
Influenced by: Polynesian
Oceanic
Sāmoan

Place

Made in: Sāmoa
Influenced by: Sāmoa Islands