drawing
- Museum number
- Oc2006,Drg.590
- Description
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Drawing; two sketches of thatched roof houses on stilts; the sktech on the left depicts the side of a thatched roof house on stilts with red colour designs on the front; the sketch on the right depicts the back(?) of a thatched roof building on stilts over water. 1921-1924.
Graphite with red and brown colour.
- Production date
- 1921-1924
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 centimetres (drawing)
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Height: 62.50 centimetres (folio)
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Width: 25.70 centimetres (drawing)
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Width: 50.20 centimetres (folio)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Folio Collection: This drawing is bound in a folio consisting of a collection of drawings by Ellis Silas. The folio which consists of drawings catalogued as Oc2006,Drg.506 through to Oc2006,Drg.678, were bound by the British Museum in January 1967. In addition, two drawings which were originally bound in the folio were later removed, framed, and have been catalogued as Oc2006,Drg.679 and Oc2006,Drg.680.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The original drawing has been glued to a paper mount of the exact same size to strengthen the weak paper.
- Acquisition date
- 1925-1975 (?)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Drg.590
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 86 (Series number)