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The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson
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(_n_) Pole supporting outer edge of floor (_karia_).

(_o_) Pole supporting inner edge of floor and enclosing hearth
(_jakusube_).

(_p_) Floor, composed of transverse woodwork (_koimame_) with thin
light longitudinal lath work on top of it (_ondovo_).

(_q_) Pole above inner edge of floor and edging hearth, not so thick
as _o_ (_bubuje_).

(_r_) Floor of fireplace, upon which soil is put (_foj' ul maovo_).

(_s_) Pieces of wood supported by _c_ and _d_, going right across
building and over floor of fireplace, but under its earth, all the
way back (_kooije_).

(_t_) Wall timbers below top of door-opening, at front and back
(_kautape_).

_Note._--_t_(1)goes right across under door-opening, but the middle
portion of it is omitted from the diagram, and the lower edges
of timbers _t_ (2) are partly broken off, so as to show floor and
fireplace.

(_u_) Wall timbers above top of door-opening (_dibindi_).

_Note._--_t_ and _u_ together-the whole wall-are called _bou_.

(_v_) Uprights bracing together _t_ and _u_ (Mafulu name unknown).
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