No. 2 (1920) OUTRIGGER CANOES OF INDONESIA 



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in any other Moluccan outrigger; it consisted of three stout bam- 

 boos lashed together, two under the outer end of the connecting 



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Fig. 27. — Larger outrigger boat, Labuha, Batjan Tsland. 



bracket joint, the third above it (Fig. 28). Otherwise the outrigger 

 frame was as in the Galela boats. 



The hull, built up of numerous strakes pegged together and 

 furnished with perforated cleats on the inner side for the attachment 

 of ribs, was crossed by numerous thwarts, with ends projecting 

 beyond the gunwale. Upon this basis was erected a large cabin 

 situated amidships in the space between the outrigger booms, the 



Fig. 28. — Dagrammatic section through the boat depicted in figure 27, to show cabin 

 framework and outrigger consi ruction, Batjan Island. 



roof covered with atap leaves. The framework was ingeniously 

 constructed in somewhat different manner from that already 

 described. The details are shown in figure 28. 



At one end beyond the cabin the outboard ends of the project- 

 ing thwarts were made use of to provide a narrow outboard 

 platform. 



Outrigger dugouts. — As already mentioned the smaller dugout 

 outrigger canoes of Halmaheira and the adjacent islands are of 

 two types, the one having angular secondaries of the Eastern 



