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.

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• Type of Item house
• Culture South African
• Material clay, wood
• Measurements height 8.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 10.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Janet Tomkins
• Received from Janet Tomkins

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• Made in Eastern Cape

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• Creation Date during 1984
• Ownership Date before September 29, 2016
• Acquisition Date on September 29, 2016

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3201/0007