A binabina from Santa Isabel Island (c. 1909)

Binabina or biabina is a type of plank boat from the Solomon Islands. It differs from the similar tomako and lisi in that only the stern is upturned, while the bow is horizontal.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Haddon, Alfred Cort; Hornell, James (1937). Canoes of Oceania: The canoes of Melanesia, Queensland, and New Guinea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. pp. 99–100.
  2. ↑ Woodford, C. M. (July 1909). "The Canoes of the British Solomon Islands". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 39: 506–516. doi:10.2307/2843216. JSTOR 2843216.
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