A Navigational Stick Chart

Marshall Islands, Circa 20th Century A.D.

Length 29 1/2 inches (75 cm).

Property from Peter Sinclair, West Hurley, New York

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Peter Sinclair, West Hurley, New York, acquired in the mid-1960s to mid-2000s; thence by descent.

Master navigators once used Navigation Charts like this one from the Marshall Islands for navigation between the islands by showing currents and wave patterns. These types of Stick Charts were made to represent significant ocean swell patterns and the ways the islands disrupted those patterns. Island locations were represented by shells tied to the framework, or by the lashed junction of two or more sticks.

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