Kouta’uya and one of his yam houses.

Title/Reference:
Kouta’uya and one of his yam houses.
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski

Image No.: 483
Code No.: E06V10-Malinowski-pl38e

Approx. shoot date:
Circa 1917
Date uploaded:
May 26, 2006

Orig. File Size: 125 MB
Original Media: Printout

Filed under:
Built landscape Indigenous building People Men Printout 100-300 MB 1910-1920 Papua New Guinea Other authors Thatching Woods 20th century architecture Building - date unknown Architecture - Exterior

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Qué es la Arquitectura Vernácula? (Definición larga)

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Place

Papua New Guinea – Trobriand Islands. Sinaketa.

Description

The village chief and one of his decorated yam storehouses. Detail from the previous picture.