Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea. They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle.
Lakatoi (whose literal meaning is: three dugouts) are fashioned from two. Or more dugout logs fastened together——to give stability. And cargo-carrying capacity. The two/more dugouts are joined by, "booms," with a platform built on top. The sail is a crab-claw sail. Horridge (2008) discusses the rig and "how the "craft is manouvred.""
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Loading a lakatoi at Port Moresby, prior to 1885. -
Lakatoi near Elevala Island, prior to 1885. -
Papuan lake dwellings with a lakatoi under sail, 1898 or before. -
1901 stamp by the British Government depicting a lakatoi.
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References※
- ^ Mahdi, W. (1999). "The dispersal of Austronesian boat forms in the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Archaeology & language III, Artefacts, languages and texts: 144–208.
- ^ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "Motuan traders go west in their Lakatoi". II(8) Pacific Islands Monthly. 11 March 1932. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Motuan Traders Abandon Ancient Lakatoi Custom". Pacific Islands Monthly. 1935-02-21. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Horridge, A (2008). "Origins and Relationships of Pacific Canoes and Rigs" (PDF). Canoes of Oceania. V: 85–105.
