Model canoe, with paddle and bailer
Caroline Islands, Mokil
Collected by Saul H. Riesenberg, 1947, acc. 1948.
11–3263a-c
Throughout the Pacific, models of ocean-going canoes served to instruct boys how to build and handle a canoe. Beginning in the 19th century, Pacific islanders also have made models for sale to Western museums and collectors.
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