Binabina

Binabina or biabina is a type of plank boat from the Solomon Islands. It differs from the similar tomako and lisi in that only the stern is upturned, while the bow is horizontal.[1][2]

A binabina from Santa Isabel Island (c. 1909)

See also

References

  1. Haddon, Alfred Cort; Hornell, James (1937). Canoes of Oceania: The canoes of Melanesia, Queensland, and New Guinea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. pp. 99–100.
  2. Woodford, C. M. (July 1909). "The Canoes of the British Solomon Islands". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 39: 506–516. doi:10.2307/2843216. JSTOR 2843216.
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