The British Museum
Browse

Adding hull planking

Download (23.98 MB)
figure
posted on 2025-02-07, 13:51 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
View along the hull from the stem head showing fifth-strake planking in place on the starboard side, and boat builders Dilip (L) and Dipak (R) Mondal applying a lever to a third-strake plank to push it into position for stapling.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-19

Unique ID

2022SG04-B07-0472

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC