Ghe Bè

Watercraft

Effect: Conveyance

Type: Sampan

Composition: Wood

Place: Asia & the Pacific

Use: Sampan

Size: 15' 11" & 4' 2"

Date: Circa 1970

Museum Location: 27

Flat-bottomed sampans are used in the shallow, protected riverine areas of Vietnam to carry passengers or food and other products to markets.

Sampan (Ghe Bè), circa 1970
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Flat-bottomed sampans are used in the shallow, protected riverine areas of Vietnam to carry passengers or food and other products to markets.

One person stands facing forward and rows from the back of the sampan, unlike in Western rowboats where the rower sits facing the back of the vessel.

Origin: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Ghe Bè