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Title Hausa Men Building a Mud Brick House
Full text http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SSRecIDSearch?repl1=AfricaFocus&repl2=AfricaFocus.3007as43.bib
Author(s) Tabachnick, Jeanne
Abstract Cone-shaped bricks made of mud and straw are dried in the sun. The dry bricks are placed in a row and fresh wet mud is packed between them to hold them in place. Another row of dried bricks is placed on top and the process is repeated to build the walls.
Subject(s) Tabachnick, Jeanne; Adobe; Buildings and structures; Construction
Publisher General Library System of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Relation Africa Focus
Type of publication Image
Format image/jpeg; Color Slide; Landscape
Rights African Studies Program; Copyright © Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Repository Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin
Added to C-A: 2008-12-22;00:22:54