Stick chart

Museum number:
11-43987
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4495
Description:
Navigation chart; wood splints tied with thread. Four small pieces broken from chart in separate plastic bag. N, S, E, W, marked on crosspieces. Said to have actually been use in navigation. Stick patterns indicate wave types. See “Pacific Discovery,” December 1982. Each side. 39 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Hope McGrath
Collection place:
Pohnpei Island, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Culture or time period:
Micronesian and Pohnpeian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation, 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts), and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Department:
Maps
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stick chart, accession number 11-43987, described as Navigation chart; wood splints tied with thread. Four small pieces broken from chart in separate plastic bag. N, S, E, W, marked on crosspieces. Said to have actually been use in navigation. Stick patterns indicate wave types. See “Pacific Discovery,” December 1982. Each side. 39 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stick chart, accession number 11-43987, described as Navigation chart; wood splints tied with thread. Four small pieces broken from chart in separate plastic bag. N, S, E, W, marked on crosspieces. Said to have actually been use in navigation. Stick patterns indicate wave types. See “Pacific Discovery,” December 1982. Each side. 39 cm.

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