The British Museum
Browse

Making a plank scarf joint

Download (13.08 MB)
figure
posted on 2025-02-07, 13:50 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
Boat builder Dipak Mondal (L) uses a hammer and chisel to make the plank-end sscarf joint on a ninth-strake starboard plank.

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

2022-10-24

Unique ID

2022SG04-B07-0552

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    chhothullplankstrakescarf joint

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC