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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1797517, member: 45"]Only problem is, it isn't African. The posture of the passengers, and the shape of the boat itself, is Asian, possibly Dayak, from Borneo, or another Indonesian tribal culture. </p><p><br /></p><p>A good example of what often happens in trying to do research on the internet. I have no idea who the Sadigh Gallery website belongs to, but they misidentifed this item, and others have accepted that as fact, and repeated the mistake. I'd be willing to bet, however, if you did a search for "carved wood boat dayak" or "carved wood boat indonesia" there would be examples to confirm the origin. I have to leave right now, and don't have time to do so, but maybe someone can....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1797517, member: 45"]Only problem is, it isn't African. The posture of the passengers, and the shape of the boat itself, is Asian, possibly Dayak, from Borneo, or another Indonesian tribal culture. A good example of what often happens in trying to do research on the internet. I have no idea who the Sadigh Gallery website belongs to, but they misidentifed this item, and others have accepted that as fact, and repeated the mistake. I'd be willing to bet, however, if you did a search for "carved wood boat dayak" or "carved wood boat indonesia" there would be examples to confirm the origin. I have to leave right now, and don't have time to do so, but maybe someone can....[/QUOTE]
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