DP56_25 - A detail of a house roof, Karo-Batak village, Tanjong Morawa, Sumatra, Indonesia

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CreatorDorothy PelzerDescriptionOn the roof ridge is built a house exactly similar to the normal house except on a much reduced scale. The ends of the roof ridges of the miniature house have finials in the shape of buffalo horns. In the centre of the miniature roof gables there seems to be a seated human figure (?) Date Original4 August 1963CountryIndonesia

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SeriesISEAS0062 DP56_05-18, 21-23, 25-38, DP57_01-03SEACC CollectionDorothy Pelzer

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SubjectTanjong MorawaSumatraIndonesiaKaro-BatakHousesRoofsFinials

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DP56_25 - A detail of a house roof, Karo-Batak village, Tanjong Morawa, Sumatra, Indonesia

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DP56_25 - A detail of a house roof, Karo-Batak village, Tanjong Morawa, Sumatra, Indonesia

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