| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | Model figures |
| Object Number | ABDUA:9572 |
| Other Number | C291+2 |
| Other Number Type | Old Number |
| Brief Description | Assorted models of buyers, traders, musicians at a Javanese marketplace. Made from a resinous and self-coloured material (not painted). 209 figures are included. The model is complete with fruit, food-stuffs, eating utensils and musical instruments and also includes models of Europeans in 19th century dress. Was displayed by Alexander Thomson in his own museum at Banchory-Devenick along with the procession figures (ABDUA: 9496). Thomson's MS Catalogue (1862): 'Staircase, in centre on Table, Model of Market Place of Sourabaja, Island of Java - with several hundred figures.' |
| Content Description | Java market |
| Materials | resinous material, bread dough, pigment |
| Condition | Fair |
| Completeness | Complete |
| Technique | modelled |
| Place Key | Asia, Indonesia, Surabaya Java |
| Association Type Place | subject |
| Field Collector | Thomson, Alexander Mr |
| Publication Note | Thomson, Alexander, 1862, Small General Catalogue of Banchory House Museum (MS) |
| Aquisition Source | Christ's College, Aberdeen |
| Aquisition Date | 23/05/1952 |