Model vaka tou'ua (sailing canoe from Marquesas)

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Model vaka tou'ua (sailing canoe from Marquesas)

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a model of a vaka tou'ua (outrigger sailing canoe). Vessels of this type were sailed in eastern Pacific well into the nineteenth century. Vaka tou'ua were outrigger vessels used for fishing and travel between the scattered islands of the Marquesas. Few details were ever recorded about these vaka, making reconstructing them difficult. Two decaying vaka tou'ua hulls were last seen in 1925. Construction A vaka tou'ua hull was attached to its outrigger by a series of cross-beams that pro...

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Image

Date created

2007

Creator

Izzat Design Limited

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/747486

Related subjects

Outrigger canoes / Canoes / sailing vessels / canoes / models / Marquesas Islands / Polynesian / Marquesan / New Zealand

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