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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