Goes with boat, E430623-0. 2 parts: rope and sail with masts. Rope is made of Japanese linden bark. Sail is made of wood strips laid side-by-side and twined together. Wood mast poles are attached to the sides of the sail, and a metal support is sewn along length of back. Red and black cloth strips woven in to make herringbone/ diamond pattern. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
A photo of canoe maker Masahiro Nomoto beginning work on making the canoe model E430623 is illus. Fig. 24.7 p. 186 of Fitzhugh, William W., and Chisato O. Dubreuil. 1999. Ainu: spirit of a northern people. [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in association with University of Washington Press. Another photo of Masahiro Nomoto is Fig. I.2 p. 9 and Fig. 49.6 p. 365 of same publication.
