Story: Waka – canoes
This plain dugout canoe, waka tīwai, is a simple design based around a hollowed out log. It represents the earliest form of canoe in the Pacific, before the development of outriggers and double hulled canoes.
About this item
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: F.006489/05
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