Tepuke (sailing canoe)

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Tepuke (sailing canoe)

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The tepuke is a type of sailing canoe that was once common in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. Tepuke carried people and goods along trading networks between the many small island communities in the region. However, by the late twentieth century the arrival of new forms of sea transport saw the use of tepuke decline. Recovery of knowledgeConcerned that the knowledge of building and sailing tepuke was disappearing, a local former policeman, William Keizy, consulted with family and ...

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Date created

1997

Creator

William Keizy

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/335559

Related subjects

fishing / wood / Pandanus (textile) / coir / cane / canoes / dugouts / Solomon Islands / Melanesian / Oceanic / Santa Cruz Islander / Woodworking / Wood carving / Santa Cruz Islands / William Keizy

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