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Map [Marshall Islands stick chart, Rebbelib type]

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Title

  • [Marshall Islands stick chart, Rebbelib type]

Created / Published

  • [Majuro, Marshall Islands : s.n., 192-?]

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Marshall Islands
  • -  Aids to navigation--Marshall Islands--Maps
  • -  Marshall Islands--Maps
  • -  Marshall Islands

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Title and date supplied by cataloger.
  • -  Model housed in a cloth covered box with a clear plastic cover.
  • -  Square rebbelib used by the Marshallese to navigate the Pacific Ocean by canoe off the coast of the Marshall Islands. Indicates sailing directions for atolls and islands in both the Ratak (eastern) and Ralik (western) chains of the Marshall Islands. Seashells depict the atoll and island locations. Each straight stick represents regular currents or waves around the low-lying atolls while the curved sticks depict ocean swells.

Medium

  • 1 model : wood, shells ; 67 x 72 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9461.P5 1920 .M24

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010586182

Online Format

  • image

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Marshall Islands stick chart, Rebbelib type. [Majuro, Marshall Islands: s.n., 192-?] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010586182/>.