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Passenger/cargo vessel; Fishing vessel; Sampan; Chicken sampan
Scale: 1:36. A full hull model of a Chinese chicken sampan made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings. The depicted vessel is single-masted with a single square sail set. The hull is flat-bottomed, a tapering square, chisel-shaped bow, open stern, wide rubbing strakes and bulwarks at the port and starboard bows and stern quarters. Fittings include an anchor with a length of rope, pair of occuli, a steering oar rigged over the stern and a large rudder. In the NMM's Waters Collection of negatives (PR1961/12) negatives numbers P34493 to P34495 inclusive are of this model.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAE0164 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ya, Tung |
| Date made: | 1938 |
| People: | Oliver-Bellasis, Robin; Waters, David Watkin |
| Credit: | On loan from the Oliver-Bellasis Collection. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 250 x 215 x 80 mm |
| Parts: | Passenger/cargo vessel; Fishing vessel; Sampan; Chicken sampan |