Physical Details
- Type
- model
- Material
- woven reed, clay, copper wire
- Era
- 3100 BCE
- Condition
- Fair condition
- Dimensions
- 8cm H × 25cm W × 12cm D
- Weight
- 65g
- Catalog #
- APO-2026-00022
notableAPO-2026-00022
Double-Hull Reed Boat Model
Every Vorrashi child learned to weave before they learned to walk — and what they wove was boats.
Ritual Inscription (Oral Tradition)
Lo va-va mu va te ni shi lo li
/lo va.va mu va te ni ʃi lo li/
Translation
“A boat of the great river — the mother water gives to the child a pearl: a little vessel.”
Interlinear Analysis(click to expand)
| Form | Gloss | POS |
|---|---|---|
| lo | boat | noun |
| va-va | water-water (reduplication: great river, the river itself) | noun |
| mu | mother/source | noun |
| va | water/river | noun |
| te | give/offer | verb |
| ni | child/young | noun |
| shi | pearl/treasure | noun |
| lo | boat/vessel | noun |
| li | small/gentle | adjective |
Script: not applicable — oral tradition (no writing system); this inscription is a scholarly romanization convention for museum display, rendered as reconstructed Vorrashi speech
Description
A miniature model of a Vorrashi double-hull reed boat, meticulously woven from river reeds at approximately 1:10 scale.
Scholarly Analysis(click to expand)
The double-hull design is unique to the Vorrashi and represents their most significant technological achievement.
Provenance(click to expand)
- discovery date
- 2023-05-11
- discovery location
- Child burial, Site 8, Keth tributary