Model House Item Number: 3201/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Model rondavel style house, made of clay and sticks. Cone-on-cylinder hut is round, with a slightly overhanging cone-shaped roof. Walls are thick, and reinforced with thin wood sticks which hold the roof onto the walls, and emerge slightly at top. A door and two small widows are cut into the clay, and a plaque has been attached by sticks above the door. At back is a second door with a prominent frame, filled by a cube of clay. The house and roof surfaces have scratched writing in English, with text such as “good clay soil”, “beautiful”, and “strong one hut”.
Narrative
Purchased by donor from a roadside child vendor near Port St. Johns, in Eastern Cape province, in 1984.
Item History
- Made in Eastern Cape, South Africa during 1984
- Owned by Janet Tomkins before September 29, 2016
- Received from Janet Tomkins (Donor) on September 29, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- South African
- Previous Owner
- Janet Tomkins
- Received from
- Janet Tomkins (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Eastern Cape, South Africa
When
- Creation Date
- during 1984
- Ownership Date
- before September 29, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on September 29, 2016
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3201/0007