Model passenger boat known locally as ulak. The hull is carved from one piece of wood in a step like pattern imitating clinker planking (also known as lapstrake) where the edges of the planks overlap and are usually fastened with nails. Contains a mast, sail and a canopy almost the full length of the hull. In a poor condition, with parts missing, broken or detached
Ulak’s typically have a large rudder, it would seem the rudder for this model is detached and possibly missing.
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