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Coracle model
model of Tywi coracle, made by Clive Evans, Carmarthenshire
Frame of split stem, with a gunwale of woven whole stem. Covered with fabric which has been painted with a black glossy coating either paint or dilute bitumen/pitch. Wooden seat and board below it. Plastic zip tie 'carrying strap' loops between two holes in the seat. On one side of the seat a model fish club ('priest') has been attached by a short length of electricians (black plastic adhesive) tape. The oar has been cut off at both ends after a clear coating was applied. The oar is attached to the gunwale fore and aft by blue and white phone wire (platic coated copper wire). Wooden parts have been given a clear/orange tinted coating. A length of white sythetic string has been tied to the woven gunwale on either side of the seat and runs across the bottom of the coracle. [RP; 01/05/2009]