Ornamentation is fundamental in Karo houses, with Buffalo horns an essential decoration of the rumah adat, [5] and two white-painted horns are mounted on each end of the roof (the mounting is done in the night, so nobody sees), using both male and female buffalo. Ornaments in Karo houses served traditionally to protect the residents from evil ...

2024年6月13日 · The uniqueness of the Pak-Pak traditional house lies in the roof that looks like a buffalo horn. The philosophy of Pak-Pak’s own traditional house on the roof of his house symbolizes the spirit of heroism so that the owner has a strong hero’s soul.

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2015年2月5日 · The traditional woven roof of a Karo Batak house is topped with buffalo horns, Petseren, North Sumatra.

2004年10月1日 · This substance is considered to be extremely powerful and can be stored only in certain types of containers such as the hollow horns of water buffalo (1987.453.1), wooden vessels, or Chinese trade ceramics (1988.124.2ab). The Toba Batak, located in the center of the region, are known for their hand-woven textiles.

the buffalo horns placed at the top of the roof. Aesthetic element in Karo traditional house, the Ayo-Ayo part of the roof, is a variation of geometric motifs and a combination of five...

2023年12月14日 · Village chiefs could afford to carry small supplies of gunpowder with them in these horns, which were traditionally carved from water buffalo horn like the naga marsarang. This object is carved from wood but takes the shape of a horn. Its strap appears to be made of small shell beads rather than from similarly sized European trade beads.

roof forms are made in the form of a buffalo horn, which are used as the chief weapons of offence and defence. Roofs are also adorned with buffalo horns and modelled buffalo heads at the eaves points of the house as they

Toraja, Minang, and Toba Batak have similar house roof shape which is gable roof with protruding at the end like buffalo horn. The similarities in structural system need to be elaborate. This paper attempts to seek the structural system of Toraja, Minangkabau and Toba Batak house, especially the roof structure system.

2016年8月27日 · Most of the time, the complicated family affairs happen either in the rice paddies surrounded by verdant hills, or under the multi-layered roofs of old Minang mosques, or beneath the pointy curves of rumah gadang roofs which are inspired by water buffalo’s horns. In fact, the word kabau in Minangkabau means water buffalo in local language ...