Lakatoi

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Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle Hiri Moale Festival.jpg
Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle

Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled [1] sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea. [2] They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle. [3]

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Lakatoi (whose literal meaning is three dugouts) are fashioned from two or more dugout logs fastened together to give stability and cargo-carrying capacity. [1] The two or more dugouts are joined by booms, with a platform built on top. [4] The sail is a crab-claw sail. [5] Horridge (2008) [6] discusses the rig and how the craft is manouvred.

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  1. 1 2 Mahdi, W. (1999). "The dispersal of Austronesian boat forms in the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Archaeology & language III, Artefacts, languages and texts: 144–208. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Motuan traders go west in their Lakatoi". II(8) Pacific Islands Monthly. 11 March 1932. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Pawley, A., & Pawley, M. (1998). "Canoes and seafaring" (PDF). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society 1: Material Culture. Pacific Linguistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Motuan Traders Abandon Ancient Lakatoi Custom". Pacific Islands Monthly. 1935-02-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  6. ↑ Horridge, A (2008). "Origins and Relationships of Pacific Canoes and Rigs" (PDF). Canoes of Oceania. V: 85–105. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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