cocoanut-leaf

Updated: May 12, 2025

This slender frame is covered with cadjans, arranged systematically, and sewn together with cocoanut-leaf strands or tender rattans. Not a nail is used, and cadjan flaps that may be raised or lowered from within the building take the place of glazed windows.

Frederic Courtland Penfield - East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan