dugout with single outrigger (dugout canoe model); canoe paddle; canoe bailer

Wooden model dugout canoe with a single outrigger, with a wooden mast and a triangular sail made of plant fibre. The mast and sail attach to the model with coconut fibre cord, but have been detached. The canoe is acomapined by wooden models of a paddle (3.2.51/1.2) and a canoe bailer (3.2.51/1.3).

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