Architectural Elements

Usual method of closing hut-door

Title:
Usual method of closing hut-door

Note:

“The ordinary method of fastening the door (chitseko) is by cross-bars, slipped in between the door and the side post” (Weule and Werner, p.263.)

Source: 
Weule, J. K. Karl, and Alice Werner. 1909. Native Life in East Africa: the results of an ethnological research expedition. Translated by Alice Werner. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons., p.261. Book at Google

Subject:
Architectural elements - Hut - Africa - Hut-Door

Rights:
Public Domain

Date:
1909

Image:
SA-ARCEL-2

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