| 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 |