DepartmentAfrica

Building Model

NameBuilding Model

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeMOROCCO, Africa

MediumCeramic, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 13 x 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.2.287.

Object numberA.1981.2.287

DescriptionSlab-built ceramic model of a building with a painted slab base. Four corner towers are attached to a shorter central core. The building is painted mostly brown and white at the tower tops and bases. There are two windows on two sides of each tower. Blue or orange around each window. The tops of the towers have stepped decorations on each corner.