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Thousand Legs house

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The thousand legs house is the traditional house of the Arfak people, who live in Manokwari Regency in West Papua. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Indonesia 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Connections

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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Thousand Legs house (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Thousand Legs house (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Legs_house, lead definition
    The thousand legs house (Indonesian: Rumah kaki seribu) is the traditional house of the Arfak people who reside in Manokwari Regency, West Papua.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The thousand legs house is the traditional house of the Arfak people, who live in Manokwari Regency in West Papua.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The thousand legs house (Indonesian: Rumah kaki seribu) is the traditional house of the Arfak people who reside in Manokwari Regency, West Papua. The house is dubbed "Thousand Legs" because it uses many supporting poles underneath, so when seen, it has many legs like a millipede. Meanwhile, its roof is made of straw or sago leaves. The poles are made from tall and short-sized wood. The function of
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    The function of these wooden poles is to protect the dwellers from enemy attacks and black magic threats.
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2. Thousand Legs house (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 374581): Indonesia
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 374581): Indonesia
Wikidata item Q65213906, property P131/P17 (location): Indonesia
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Wikidata: Thousand Legs house
Wikidata Q65213906, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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