Dugout Canoe

Watercraft

Effect: Shape

Type: Canoe

Composition: Wood

Place: Africa

Use: Dugout

Size: 15' 8" x 0' 11"

Date: Circa 1900

Donor: Gift of the Buffalo Museum of Science

Museum Location: 14

This dugout log is so narrow that the user must stand in order to pole it.

Dugout Canoe, circa 1900
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gift of the Buffalo Museum of Science

This dugout log is so narrow that the user must stand in order to pole it. It could, however, be easily poled in either direction, not having a precise front or back end.

 

Origin: Congo

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Dugout Canoe