Bamboo wall

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"434. Bamboo wall panelThis building material, in Malayan "plubu", is used throughout the entire Indian archipelago for building houses, and/or for making the walls. It consists of split bamboo that have been spread out between poles and tied in place to make a surface. The walls of such material are covered on the inside of the house either with straw mats or with the woven bamboo which was described in the last numbers."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 100). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller