■^ Anthropology : Physical 



is quite a foreign style of architecture, due to Moslem influence, 

 a faint reflex of the Saracenic, or even Egyptian. 



The Km house is ot oblong shape. There is first of all 

 a framevvorlc of sticks, into which may be interlaced the spHt 

 midribs ot the raphia palm. The root is generally thatched 

 with raphia fronds. The house is built on a low, hollow 

 platform, raised above the ground on piles. The floor of the 



394. A WOMAN MAKING CLAV POTS, LIBEKIAN WESTERN BORDERLAND 



house is generally made of the raphia midribs (" bamboos "). 

 The interior is usually divided into three rooms separated by 

 partitions, also of raphia planks. The partitions rise as high 

 as a ceiling of the same material, which forms the grounci of 

 a loft under the roof. This loft, of course, is used as a store- 

 room for many articles. The hearth is formed of clay in one 

 corner ot the house, and close to it is a window, sometimes 



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