outrigger

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Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

A custom paint job on an outrigger canoe on the Ka’anapali coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

The ngEHT and its orbiting outrigger should also be able to test Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, in the most extreme conditions ever, Doeleman says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 17, 2024

It’s possible a tourist who otherwise would never pay separately to get on an outrigger canoe might do so because it’s included in the resort fee they paid, Komoda says.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

The most important transmissions were of New Guinea shell fishhooks, which spread far into Australia, and of New Guinea outrigger canoes, which spread down the Cape York Peninsula.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond