TAA i.3.1.9
Handwritten notes on a model canoe and solar barks, page 6.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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CANOE
313. Model boat for hunting the hippopotamus and fowling
A primitive form of CANOE developed from the reed float
The bow and stern rising in a curved line and ending in papyrus umbels.
288, 286
307, 311. Solar? day & night.
a kind of craft light craft of primitive form, of the type developed
from the reed float, bottom rounded by but/<with reed bottom> flattened under/<under the> bow
and stern, capap capable of navigating shallow waters with
minimum draught and maximum load, <in fact,> in shape reminding one
of the Venetian Gondola
Carvel built joined fore and aft to the stem and stern pieces.