I received this query from Arnon Sheige in the Netherlands. Being unable to answer it myself, I'm throwing it open for reader input, with Arnon's permission. Please contribute any ideas via Comments. Thanks.
 |
| What can you tell us about this canoe? (Click any image to enlarge.) |
The figurehead on the photo from Arnon reminded me of the elaborate carvings on another Indonesian canoe, below. I took these shots a few years ago in the storage area of the Canadian Canoe Museum. Aside from the obvious observations that it's very long, and of straight dugout construction, I have no information about it.Dear BobAs a researcher of ancient Indonesia, I would appreciate if you could let me know some details regarding a boat displayed in the Bahari Museum (photo is attached) Jakarta. The Museum Email apparently does not function.I am interested in the following:1. The boat type name. (Generic name?)2. Area of construction in Indonesian archipelago.3. What kind of rig/sails does she have?4. What does the figurehead symbolizes?5. Type of construction (a dugout + sewn planks elements?)All the above is needed for an academic paper regarding the ancient Indonesians mariners.Many thanks in advance,Arnon Sheige
The Netherlands
This Canoe would be from the Iryan Jaya/ Papua area
ReplyDeleteYou could search for info on the famous canoe race of Port Moresby -- some similar looking craft, for example:http://www.xcsconsulting.com.au/pdf/Paradise_in_PNG.pdf
ReplyDeleteYou could also ask the pundits in the Proa_file Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file
Also, a guy named Tim Anderson has done some field work in that neck of the woods, however in Sulawesi and Madura (I'm not sure if he went to Papua):http://web.mit.edu/~robot/
Here are a couple of texts:
Title The Prahu: Traditional Sailing Boat of Indonesia
Authors G. Adrian Horridge, Chris Snoek
Edition 2, illustrated
Publisher Oxford University Press, 1985
Original from Indiana University
Digitized Jun 10, 2009
ISBN 019582637X, 9780195826371
Length 112 pages
Title Outrigger canoes of Bali and Madura, Indonesia
Volume 77 of Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication
Outrigger Canoes of Bali and Madura, Indonesia, G. Adrian Horridge
Author G. Adrian Horridge
Edition illustrated
Publisher Bishop Museum Press, 1987
Original from the University of California
Digitized Jul 17, 2008
ISBN 093089720X, 9780930897208
Length 178 pages
Hi Bob, here is an update from Whittlesey, http://www.mustfarm.com/discoveries/ I hope to visit it myself soon! Regards, Marian
ReplyDelete