ABSTRACT

This article documents and presents the range of wooden fishing and cargo-carrying watercraft in use in the contemporary Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania. The work is based on surveys conducted in 2018 on Unguja, the principal island of the Zanzibar archipelago, and in 2019–2020 in Bagamoyo, mainland Tanzania, and its immediate environs. The authors present a broad typology of the principal wooden vessel types in the form of 3D photogrammetric models, orthographic views, and photographs. The principal construction features and uses of each type are presented and the state of play of contemporary wooden-boat construction in this part of East Africa discussed.

摘要

本文记录并介绍了在坦桑尼亚当代桑给巴尔海峡使用的木制捕鱼和载货船只的范围。这项工作基于 2018 年在桑给巴尔群岛的主要岛屿安古贾以及 2019-2020 年在坦桑尼亚大陆巴加莫约及其周边地区进行的调查。作者以 3D 摄影测量模型、正交视图和照片的形式展示了主要木制容器类型的广泛类型。介绍了每种类型的主要建造特点和用途，并讨论了东非这一地区当代木船建造的现状。