Tongkonan houses

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ancestral house cultural heritage traditional house type vernacular architecture

Tongkonan houses are traditional ancestral homes of the Toraja people in Indonesia, distinguished by their dramatic boat-shaped roofs and intricate wood carvings.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Tongkonan (traditional Toraja ancestral house) 1
Toraja architecture 1
tongkonan house 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancestral house ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional house type ⓘ
vernacular architecture ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Toraja culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Aluk To Dolo NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy Toraja craftsmen ⓘ
constructionTechnique timber joinery without nails ⓘ
featuredIn Tana Toraja tourism ⓘ
governedBy customary law ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature buffalo horn displays ⓘ
carved wooden façade ⓘ
dramatic upswept gables ⓘ
raised on wooden piles ⓘ
saddleback roof ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle boat-shaped roof ⓘ
hasColorScheme black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
hasComponent front ceremonial space ⓘ
granary building ⓘ
interior living area ⓘ
hasDecoration buffalo motifs ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ
intricate wood carvings ⓘ
mythological motifs ⓘ
hasFunction family residence ⓘ
ritual center ⓘ
status symbol ⓘ
hasMaterial bamboo ⓘ
thatched roof ⓘ
wood ⓘ
hasRelatedStructure alang rice barn ⓘ
heritageStatus important symbol of Toraja identity ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesia ⓘ
South Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tana Toraja NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation facing north ⓘ
recognizedAs icon of Indonesian traditional architecture ⓘ
roofShapeInspiredBy boats ⓘ
symbolizes ancestral lineage ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
social status ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin precolonial era ⓘ
usedBy Toraja people NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kete Kesu traditional village → architecturalStyle → Tongkonan houses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toraja architecture
Aluk To Dolo → associatedArchitecture → Tongkonan houses ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tongkonan (traditional Toraja ancestral house)
Rambu Solo' → associatedWith → Tongkonan houses ⓘ
Kete Kesu traditional village → hasStructure → Tongkonan houses ⓘ
this entity surface form: tongkonan house
North Toraja Regency → knownFor → Tongkonan houses ⓘ