East Indian huts, Trinidad, B.W.I.
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-04T13:01:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-03-04T13:01:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-03-04T13:01:09Z | |
dc.description | Coloured (handpainted); Style: Landscape; Other: Bordered, Divided | en |
dc.description.abstract | The postcard shows tapia huts, also called ajoupa which were used by the Amerindians and later, the East Indian indentured labourers. The walls of these huts are made from a mixture of clay, grass, cow dung and water while the roof is usually made from carat palm (Sabal mauritiiformis) leaves. Postcard numbered 77774. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/6087 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Y. De Lima and Co. Ltd., Trinidad | en |
dc.rights | Please contact the Main Library, The University of the West Indies for permission to use the digitized images. wimail@sta.uwi.edu | en |
dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en |
dc.subject | Postcards | en |
dc.subject | Huts--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
dc.subject | Dwellings--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
dc.subject | East Indians--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
dc.subject.other | Ajoupa | |
dc.title | East Indian huts, Trinidad, B.W.I. | en |
dc.type | Image | en |