Log-boat or canoe of oak, found in the Castle Loch, Closeburn, Dumfriesshire

Model of a reed bundle canoe with reed sail

Model of an outrigger canoe with triangular woven sail of the type used at Tapeteuea, Australia

Model 'head' canoe, of cedar wood, painted with crest designs: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Haida Gwaii, Haida, early 19th century

Canoe paddle, cut from a single piece of softwood, with a leaf shaped blade tapering to a pointed tip and a crutch handle, painted: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Northern Northwest Coast, late 19th - early 20th century

Canoe paddle, cut from a single piece of softwood, with a leaf shaped blade tapering to a pointed tip and a crutch handle, painted: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Northern Northwest Coast, late 19th - early 20th century

Model canoe of birch bark: North America, Canada, Hudson Bay

Model canoe of birch bark: North America, Canada, Denesuline

Model canoe constructed of birch bark over a wooden frame, the seams stitched with split spruce roots, with gunwales, rounded upturned prow and stern with dark green European paint: North America, Canada, Denesuline

Model canoe, constructed of birch bark over a wooden frame, the seams stitched with split spruce roots, with gunwales, covered prow and stern with dark green European paint: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Slavey, c. 1862

Model of a birch bark canoe decorated with coloured quillwork: North America, Canada, Algonquin

Model outrigger canoe of wood, carved with linear ornament and ornamented with a row of cowrie shells: Polynesian, Niue

Paddle for outrigger canoe, wood: Oceania, Polynesia, Cook Islands, Atiu, carved by Parua Arika, Sa Koronui, Niro Tedrea and Variepoto Mookura, c. 1982

Canoe prow ornament ('au'au/pihao) of wood carved in the form of a seated human figure with the right hand raised to the chin, carved as separate prow piece to be secured to the bow of a canoe, the figure was believed to bring good luck to the sailors: Oceania, Fench Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, 19th century

Carved ivory model of a canoe, with red and black incised circle decoration: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, Blantyre or Domasi, early 20th century

Wooden object with rectangular blade with raised rim at sides and short spatulate handle, carved from the solid, possibly a canoe baler or spade: New Zealand, Waikato District, dug out of a swamp at Tahuna, before 1760