Model of house with figures, tools, weapons inside. [DCF Court Team 30/1/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of house with figures, tools, weapons inside. [DCF Court Team 30/1/2003]
Long description: Model of house with figures, tools, weapons inside. All the parts of the roof, which are gabled, are made of long round logs arranged parallel and sloping downwards; the upright walls are boards. It is made in two separate compartments both on the ground floor, but one being much larger than the other but connected with it by a door. One side of the roof of the larger compartment is made to take out to show the models within; which are those of two men, also various other small models namely a tin stove and guns, Harpoons, vessels etc of wood. It is mounted on a square flat board.
Geographical reference: Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1886
Date collected: ?On or before 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Tin Metal, Material Textile, Process Pegged, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 214 mm, Length: max 350 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.805.6 Other numbers: 792
Research and responses: It is not clear from the entry whether the comment 'Not apparently of Eskimo make' refers just to 1886.1.805.8 [AP 28/1/99]

Search terms: Dwelling, Model, Figure, Weapon, Vessel, House