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haladda'
A rich person's decorative wall shelf.
Din nangipādan Magga' ya do'ol din tatāgu an immuy nundangah hi inalāhan hidin haladda'na.
When Magga' sponsored an elaborate marriage-blessing ritual there were many people who went to move his decorative wall shelf from the forest during a transporting work bee.
Typically the shelf is decorated with figures of things as dogs, kāhu; lizards, banīah; frogs, tū'a'; pigs, bābuy; carved on the front edge and the underside of the shelf. It marks a rich person's house. The shelf is located inside the house, stretching along an entire wall. The ends are morticed into two corner wall posts, bāgat, and tied with rattan, uway. Pole props, tu'gad, serve as legs at either end running parallel with the corner wall posts, supporting the shelf. On it are placed common household items, as a cooked rice-storage basket.
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