Dinger Boat Plan

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Hudson Museum 3 Models

The Hudson Museum of Anthropology at the University of Maine, Orono, has several nice models of indigenous boats on display, in addition to the ceramic model of a reed boat from Perus Moche Valley that I showed in a previous post.

Haida Dugout Canoe model, c. 1875

Reed boat models from Lake Titicaca, c. 1960

Ill quote the exhibit signage: "Iatmul Canoe Model, c. 1980. Crocodile canoes or waivara were used by bands of sorcerers to pass magically up and down the river, traveling just beneath the water, like a crocodile." The Iatmul people are from Papua New Guinea, and maybe the sorcerers think they travel beneath the surface, or maybe try to convince others that they do so, but the signage says they actually do so. Hmmm. Anyway, its a nice piece of sculpture.

Umiak model, c. 1970.

A model of the frame of a round-bottomed kayak from the Eastern Arctics Ungava District. c. 1940

Model of a flat-bottomed Greenland kayak, c. 1940

Model of a Micmac ocean-going canoe, decorated with dyed porcupine quills, along with paddles. c. 1856. Like many boat models made by indigenous people, this one is lacking in accuracy in many respects, but it is lovely nonetheless. It was probably built as a souvenir for the tourist trade.

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