Object Number | P1594 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minangkebau |
Provenience | Sumatra |
Date Made | 1901 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Hair (uncertain) | Metal | Pigment |
Description | Model. Tall, four-sided building with basketry and wood sides, three of which have two cross-braces of wood from upper to lower corners. The fourth side has a ladder leaned against the model leading to a square-shaped opening near the apex of the roof. The roof is made from layered, dark plant fiber and has two high peaks at opposite ends. The section where the roof meets the walls of the building are painted white, yellow, blue and red. |
Height | 80.5 cm |
Length | 39 cm |
Width | 37 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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