A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . nvenientto cut and transport. The lashings at thecrossings of the upright and horizontal polesare so wound and knotted as to produce a verydecorative efiect. On the other hand, heavytimbers are in some cases used, and these,generally, in the roofs and protecting gableswliich form verandas outside of the gable timbers are sometimes elaliorately carved,— the uprights into the semUance of men,but monstrous, distorted, and characteristics are the result, not neces-sarily of a lac
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . nvenientto cut and transport. The lashings at thecrossings of the upright and horizontal polesare so wound and knotted as to produce a verydecorative efiect. On the other hand, heavytimbers are in some cases used, and these,generally, in the roofs and protecting gableswliich form verandas outside of the gable timbers are sometimes elaliorately carved,— the uprights into the semUance of men,but monstrous, distorted, and characteristics are the result, not neces-sarily of a lack of interest in, or power over,decoration, but are supposed to give certainmoral characteristics, such as bravery or ferocityin war, to the figures. In the houses of chiefs,where alone such carved work is common, thedoor openings and the occasional window open-ings are sometimes framed about with timberscarved in a similar way, heads and hands socombined with elaborate scrollwork that a dis-tant resemblance to humanity is given to eachupright piece. The tiki or ieekee, which is a. Newel servint, as a Pillar to carry a VaultedRoof; Oestei:langatan, 17th Century. figure terminating in a characteristic human head with protruding tongue, which is repeated in the heads or handles of war clubs and pro- 1032
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