Canoe Caulking Hammer
83-18-15
From: Jaluit | Marshall Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 83-18-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Jaluit | Marshall Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Caulking hammer for beating pandanus leaves into the seams of boats. A wooden peg was used with it but no putty. With this hammer a little stone chisel is beaten with which pandanus leaves are driven into the cracks in the boat in order to make it watertight. |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Width | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, 1983 |
| Other Number | N35 - Other Number | 247 - Other Number | 5247 - Other Number |
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