In Response to Pedersen's ‘A Clench-Fastened Boat in Kerala’: a revealing boat narrative not a ‘new’ type of boat

Ransley, Jesse

doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2010.00282.x

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“…This lack of information makes our identification of the kettuvallam s by that name tentative. The term is generic for a vessel fastened with cordage (Ransley, 2009: 18; 2010: 429). Early Tamil and more recent Malayalam works of literature mention also the term but provide no details of form (Greeshmalatha, 2013: 33; Rajamanickam, 2004: 64).…”

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Sewn boats in the Qatar Museums collection, Doha:baggāras andkettuvallams as records of a western Indian Ocean technological tradition

Cooper

Ghidoni

Zazzaro

et al. 2020

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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Vernacular sewn boats from southern Iran and Kerala, India, in the collection of Qatar Museums are documented and their construction described. The Iranian baggāras are unique preservations of sewn boats from the Arabian-Persian Gulf, notable for their previously undocumented keel-garboard sewing technique and extensive use of bitumen coatings. Comparison between individual boats enables conclusions to be drawn about the builders' conception, as well as variation within the type. The Keralite kettuvallams represent an ongoing vernacular tradition that is nevertheless poorly documented or preserved in museum contexts. Construction drawings, naval-lines drawings, and 3D photogrammetry models are provided for all vessels.

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