Outrigger Canoe Models

Richard Emerick commissioned traditional sailing outrigger canoe models for the islands in the Pohnpei District: Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro, Majuro, Kosrae, and Chuuk. All are designed with a single outrigger and are called wa. Their hulls are generally made from hollowed out bread fruit tree trunks and sails were made from woven pandanus leaves. Propelled by both