Fighting vessel; War boat: Burmese
Scale: Unknown. A model of a Burmese war boat (Burma now known as Myanmar). The model has been made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The dugout hull is carved from a single piece of wood, with a washstrake which is held in place by vertical thole pins. The exterior hull is painted black with gold and red detailing at the bow and the stern, and has a black, red, and white painted oculi either side of the bow. The interior of the hull is painted a dark green and is complete with 17 thwarts. There is a corrugated, decorative bow and stern which is upwardly curved and painted black. The platform at the bow is a mitre shape which tapers to an extended point. The bow and stern are concave in shape connecting along a rockered hull. The model is possibly displayed on its original baseboard with four bun feet, and is set on a pair of twisted brass wire crutches. There is a label with '5' stuck to the baseboard.
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Object Details
ID: | AAE0066 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Before 1913 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
Measurements: | Overall: 85 x 960 x 60 mm |
Parts: | Fighting vessel; War boat: Burmese |