Tree transformed into canoe

andamanese

• The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology PERSONAL ORNAMENT; LITTLE ANDAMAN. / HAIR-DRESSING, SCARIFICATION, AND BODY-PAINTING. / ORNAMENTATION. / CANOES.; lines 14096-14197 confidence: high

  Soft-wooded trees are selected near shore or creek; felling direction and cutting are planned for stability; the trunk is cut, hollowed with an adze without fire, stripped, shaped, and finished.

  A selected tree is felled, cut, hollowed with an adze, stripped, shaped, and finished into a canoe while retaining much of the tree’s form.

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guiana amerindian

• Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior of British Guiana GAME ARROWS. 24) / THE RETURN FROM HUNTING. 249: / CASSAVA BREAD. / ARAWAK BREAD BASKET.; lines 11727-11825 confidence: medium

  A canoe begins with a suitable forest tree, sometimes far from water; the tree is felled, roughly shaped, hollowed partly by tools and burning, and dragged along a cleared path with runners to the water.

  The passage gives a sequence in which a forest tree is selected, felled, hollowed, shaped, spread, and finished into a canoe.

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micronesian

• The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands STAY AT TARRANG AND DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG / THE INVENTION OF STONE MONEY / A NEW VERSION OF THE PROMETHEUS MYTH / THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST CANOE; lines 12477-12572 confidence: high

  Le-gerem hews and measures a Voi tree and makes another canoe; Yap canoes are described with high bow and stern, solid outriggers, fishtail ornaments, and as following her directions.

  After the first canoe is destroyed, Le-gerem hews a Voi tree, measures it, and makes another canoe of similar model.

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