Lakatoi
![](../I/m/Hiri_Moale_Festival.jpg)
Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle.
![](../I/m/Picturesque_New_Guinea_Plate_V_(a)_-_Loading_Lakatoi%2C_Port_Moresby.jpg)
Loading a lakatoi at Port Moresby, prior to 1885.
![](../I/m/Picturesque_New_Guinea_Plate_VII_(a)_-_Lakatoi%2C_Near_Elevala_Island.jpg)
Lakatoi near Elevala Island, prior to 1885.
![](../I/m/PSM_V52_D045_Papuan_lake_dwellings_with_a_lakatoi_under_sail.jpg)
Papuan lake dwellings with a lakatoi under sail, 1898 or before.
![](../I/m/Papua_Lakatoi_2s_6d_stamp_with_POSTAGIE_variety.jpg)
1901 stamp by the British Government depicting a lakatoi.
Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are double-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle.
See also
References
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Journal of the Polynesian Society: Front Matter P 1-6". Jps.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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