# Model of the Slave Ship De Witte Oliphant

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1755
- Medium: iron (metal), rope, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), glass
- Classification: fully rigged model
- Dimensions: height 205 cm x length 225 cm x width 77.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-MC-1210--3dac23d678a890b22e974a0a920d3b9c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/rvbkP/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

For a merchantman, this model has a broad hull and unusually tall masts. These features, as well as the decoration of African men on either corner of the stern, strongly suggest that it was used to transport enslaved people. Models of such slave ships are exceptionally rare. It is not known how this one came to be in the Department of the Navy’s collection.