Model wa'a kaulua (sailing canoe from Hawai'i)

Description:
Model wa'a kaulua (sailing canoe from Hawai'i), 2007, New Zealand, by Izzat Design Limited. Commissioned 2007. © Te Papa. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (FE011988). This is 1:35 scale model of a wa'a kaulua, a vessel designed as a sailing and paddling canoe and used for travel between islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. Wa'a kaulua were the main type of double canoe in pre-European Hawai'i. They were crewed and paddled by many men but were also sailed throughout the islands in the archipelago. By the ea... Approximate: 370mm (width), 350mm (height), 600mm (length)
Display date:
2007
Location:
New Zealand
Format:
PhysicalObject
Collections:
Te Papa Collections Online
Content partner:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Availability:
Not specified
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