Gibson-Hill, Carl Alexander (MS 429)

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Photographs and figures to illustrate the article Boats and fishing on the Cocos-Keeling Islands, 1946 [and] A note on the Christmas Island Canoe, 1941

1 offprint, 2 figures, 1 map and 7 photographs. Various sizes

Printed

Some of the figures and photographs published in J.R.anth.Inst. 76:1, 1946, Pp .13-23

Presented by the author, 1945

/1 The lines of a Cocos-Keeling Islands Dukong, showing the profile, deck plan , stern plan, bow plan. The diagrams were drawn from a 19 foot boat, built about 1928. Scale, three feet to the inch. 1 drawing. 22 x 28 cm

/2 Sail plan of a Cocos-Keeling Islands Dukong. The diagram was drawn from a 19 foot boat, and shows approximately the area of canvas that she was carrying in 1941. Scale four feet to the inch. 1 drawing. 22 x 28 cm

/3 Sketch map of the main atoll on the Cocos-Keeling Islands, showing some of the better fishing areas: the wavy uneven lines mark the areas of coral that are exposed or partly exposed at low tide. 1 map. 26.5 x 21.5 cm

/4 A Cocos-Keeling Island Dukong. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/5 Two dukongs, carrying seine nets. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/6 Collecting the fish at the end of a cast of a single jaring or seine-net. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/7 The end of a fish drive in a small shallow bay at the West end of Pulo Tikus. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/8 A Cocos-Keeling islander throwing a jala or casting net in shallow water on the south shore of Pu1o Tikus. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/9 Dukongs lying in shallow water on Pulo Selma (Home Island). 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm.

/10 Returning a jaring to the boat after an unsuccessful cast. 1 photograph. 14 x 20.5 cm

/11 A note on the Christmas Island canoe (kolek). 6 pp. 1 plate. Reprint from Journal, Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society 19:1, 1941, pp. 125-30.