Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Model house |
524 532 |
Object Number | ABDUA:7434 |
Other Number | H153 |
Other Number Type | old number |
Brief Description | Model of a house, in wood and leaf-strips. Doors are decorated with X-shaped pattern, in poker work |
Dimensions | L(floor): 340 mm W(floor): 90 mm H(walls): 98 mm L(roof): 400 mm W(roof): 124 mm |
Materials | wood, vegetable fibre |
Condition | Good |
Completeness | Complete |
Maker | Balolo |
Object Production Date | 1909 |
Place Key | Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo Upper Congo |
Publication Note | Reid R W 1912 Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum University of Aberdeen p321. |
Caption | "153. House, model of, in wood, with floor in single piece, roof in strips covering layer of leaves, walls in strips, and doors in pieces with burnt-in X shaped pattern. Made by Balolo tribe. Upper congo. - Presented by Rev A and Mrs Billington, Tshumbiri, Upper Congo, 1909."
Author: Reid,Robert.W Date: 1912 Purpose: Illustrated.Catalogue.of.the.Anthropological.Museum
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Aquisition Source | Billington, Reverend A |