1. Hut without walls
where people meet to
discuss, smoke, eat, etc. | | | |
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| Villages and HutsBakoya (Pygmies) and Bakota
(Bantu) architectural models(Rainforest of Gabon)Photos, texts and audio recordings
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2. Bakoya Pygmy huts adjacent to a Bakota village;
in the background, banana trees and rainforest vegetation. | | | |
| 3. - 4. Mud huts of the Bakoya Pygmies and Bakota (Bantu). | | | |
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5. Bakota mud hut
with a rectangular plan:
an architectural model
also adopted by the
Bakoya Pigmies.
 Bantu villages
along the tracks | | | |
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6. Huts of mud and wood, in a village along a
big track that crosses the gabonese rainforest.
7. Huts along a track; in the background,
behind the houses, a banana plantation.
Rain forest roads and tracks
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| 8. Mud hut with a veranda. | | | |
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