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

 a faint reflex of the Saracenic, or even Egyptian. . 



The Kru house is of oblong shape. There is first of all 

 a framework of sticks, into which may be interlaced the split 

 midribs of 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 



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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 ground 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 of the house, and close to it is a window, sometimes 



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