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