Basket Boats on the Gulf of Tonkin

We've written before about woven or basket boats in Vietnam (see, for example, this post highlighting a canoe-form craft , and this one ...

More Old Quffa Photos

In response to our recent post on the Mesopotamian quffa , Harvey Golden sent us these scans of old stereoscope photos in his possession. (H...

Vietnamese Coracles

" Coracle fishing boats at Mui Ne Bay , Vietnam " by  Ray Zhoul (Click any image to enlarge.) Vietnam is the only land where corac...

The Mesopotamian Quffa or Kuphar

Round boats are a fascination, and the quffa, a basket-built boat from Iraq, is among the most fascinating because of its well-documented an...

Kerala Coracle

"Coracle" from the Indian state of Kerala. Image by Joe Niemczura. (Click to enlarge.) We received this photo over a year ago from...