File:Madagascar house.jpg

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English: A sketch of the interior of a Madagascar house of Hova people in the 19th century. The inscriptions are in the Czech language. According to the author (see source) the individual places in the picture are:

1: studs supporting the roof
2: place where a cattle is tied to one of the studs
3: place for poultry
4: place where rice is crushed
5: bed
6: place of honour for guests.
ohniště: fireplace
nádoby na vodu: water containers
okno: window
dvéře: door
S (sever): north
V (východ): east
J (jih): south

Z (západ): west
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Source "Madagaskar." Světozor. XVII.31 (1883): 367–368. Print. <http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=SvetozorII/17.1883/31/368.png>.
Author Kr.

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This work was published before January 1, 1929 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or fewer since publication.

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