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timber-frame construction
The completed frame of a modern timber-frame house.
Β© David Lee/Shutterstock.com
Figure 10: Thatch-covered conical roofs of cylindrical houses in a Matakam compound,...
Rene Gardi
Cairo: house
House in Cairo with moucharaby.
Β© Halit Sadik/Shutterstock.com
Traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Ndebele house decoration
Painted house and enclosure walls of an Ndebele village near Pretoria, Transvaal,...
Paul Almasy
cult house
Cult house with initiation materials, from Abelam, Papua New Guinea; in the Basel...
Basel (Switz.) Museum of Cultures (Vb 28418–71); photograph, P. Horner
Papuan cult house
Papuan cult house with malanggan, from Medina, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea;...
Basel (Switz.) Museum of Cultures; photograph, Hans Hinz, Basel