Key details
- Current boat name
- Solomon Islands Planked Canoe
- Boat class
- 6906
- Function
- Fishing and Hunting
- Type
- Canoe
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.62 / 15ft 2in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 0.63 / 2ft 1in
Design and build
- Designer
- Traditional
- Place of build
- Isobel Island Solomons
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/NMMC
History
Previously on Loan to the NMMC Collected by Dr David Hilton of Exeter from Isobel Island part of the Solomon Islands.. Planks are not steamed and bent to fit but are carved to shape, stitched together and lashed to the frames. Known locally as a Tora or Vura.Importa
nt example of this type of construction. GH 29/3/17 Bought by NMMC at EISCA Auction 26/07/2017 GH