Vaka akaraanga

Vaka akaraanga. Model canoe. Small scale model of a double hull canoe. Hulls and side boards carved from rakau (wood) with parau (pearl shell) inlay, rauara (pandanus) sails and puru akari (coconut sennit) lashing. Rauara (pandanus) panels border the top sides, also lashed to the hulls. Two sails woven from rauara, lashed to rakau stick supports sit atop the hulls. Decorative patterns incorporated into the weave of the sails. Several of the rakau panel pieces are decorated with circular discs of parau inlay repeated in linear patterns at bow, stern, sides of hulls. Rakau beams straddle across the two hulls bringing them together. Brown and natural colours. "12504.E." handwritten in white ink on hull. "MANAHIKI [sic] ISLANDS Hon. Mitchelson PRESENTED" handwritten in black ink on round white adhesive sticker attached to hull of vaka. Good condition.