Small wooden replica of Vietnamese refugee boat number MB135
Small wooden replica of a refugee boat, with deep hull and small cabin. Boat registration reads 'MB135'. Model is held on a small wooden stand which reads 'To Marion with love Dien Thong'.
Dien Thong Nguyen commissioned this model of the boat she had fled Vietnam in while she was in a refugee camp on Pulau Bidong, Malaysia.
Source
National Museum of Australia
