Model: Pukapuka outrigger vaka
Maker
Akaroa, Rikini
Production date
1985
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Object detail
Five cross sanctions connect to two booms have connective stanchions to the ama (outrigger float), fibre lashing at the junction of each contact point secures the components. The vaka surface is painted in a shiny red ochre coloured treatment. the interior of the hull is left unfinished and has a dark carbon or other pigment applied to the surface.
Natural Fibre: 0 - Whole
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