. Bulletin. Ethnology. > w • 4 w • • 9 Figure 110.—Cumaca hut. End, side, and ground plan views. (After Stradelli, 1889.) much as 50 by 70 feet (15 m. by 21 m.) and about 30 feet (9 m.) high, and accommodating as many as 12 families. Smaller houses in the area are usually square, with four-sided thatched roofs. Among the Tuyuca, Koch-Griinberg reported multifamily houses with the rear semicircular in shape, a form observed by Wallace on the Vaupes, but now extinct. A variety of temporary shelters are known, the most frequent type, which can be built in a few minutes, consisting of a narrow,
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. Bulletin. Ethnology. > w • 4 w • • 9 Figure 110.—Cumaca hut. End, side, and ground plan views. (After Stradelli, 1889.) much as 50 by 70 feet (15 m. by 21 m.) and about 30 feet (9 m.) high, and accommodating as many as 12 families. Smaller houses in the area are usually square, with four-sided thatched roofs. Among the Tuyuca, Koch-Griinberg reported multifamily houses with the rear semicircular in shape, a form observed by Wallace on the Vaupes, but now extinct. A variety of temporary shelters are known, the most frequent type, which can be built in a few minutes, consisting of a narrow, arched, palm-leaf roof set across a pole fastened between two trees.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.