Over many years, I have researched canoes from across Oceania and archived images of these vessels, including various models. I have now decided to share these pictures online. This task will take many months or years to complete fully. This page focuses on Melanesian canoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4892MT2L8
Over many years, I have researched canoes from across Oceania and archived images of these vessels, including various models. I have now decided to share these pictures online. This task will take many months or years to complete fully. This page focuses on Melanesian canoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4892MT2L8
Solomon Islands Canoe
It may either be type “Tomoko” or “Qao” from the Isabel islands.
New-Guinea canoe
A small canoe of the type “Korakora” from the Molukes archipelago.
Ninigo canoe
A voyaging canoe from the Ninigo Islands, which are a group of 31 islands within the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.
.Fijian Sailing Canoe.
One look at the mast head and it is definiyely a Fijian sailing canoe of the type Thamakau or Kamakao. The topmast or " ndomondomo" endis in a typical two-horned "truck
Fiji Drua
This is a model of a Fijian drua (double hulled sailing canoe).The drua was the largest and finest sea-going vessel ever designed and built by natives of Oceania
The model is at the Te Papa Tongareva Museum of New Zealand .
Fiji Drua
This is a very rare magic lantern slide showing a Fiji drua near a beach in Fiji
Fiji Drua
This is a beautiful and helpful line drawing of a Fiji Drua illustrated in the book VOYAGERS by Herb Kawainui Kane.
Fiji Drua
A small but very old Fijian Drua model
Fiji Drua
A scale model I built several years ago purchased by a collector in Taiwan. This collector visited the Suva Museum, Fiji, where he was captivated by the Drua displayed there. As a result, he commissioned me to create a model of it.
Fiji Drua
The float connected to the outriggers by three pairs of stanchions would indicate that the canoe is from Fiji.
Fiji Drua
This is the last surviving original drua canoe on display at the Suva Museum. Suva is the capital of the South Pacific island nation of Fiji.