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CANOE BUILDING

– ART PRINT BY DAWN LEE REYES

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Canoe Building Canoe building was a community activity and were carved with fire and adzes. Canoes were most often made from the wood from the Dokdok tree, which is a type of breadfruit tree. The wood from the Daok tree was also used. Each of these trees are represented in this painting by their leaves. Canoes were usually between 3 to 5 feet deep. Planks were lashed together with coconut rope and putty was made from either boiled down breadfruit sap or a mixture of coconut oil and quicklime.