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  2. Finial - Wikipedia

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    There are two guldastas, or finials, per facade at Humayun's Tomb. [11] Finials are decorative elements in a variety of American domestic architectural styles, including French colonial, Georgian, Victorian, and Romanesque Revival. [12] Roof finials can be made from a variety of materials including clay, metal, or wood.

  3. Chigi (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Bargeboard chigi at Ise Shrine. Chigi may be built directly into the roof as part of the structure, or simply attached and crossed over the gable as an ornament. The former method is believed to closer resemble its original design, and is still used in older building methods such as shinmei-zukuri, kasuga-zukuri, and taisha-zukuri.

  4. Shinto architecture - Wikipedia

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    A hip-and-gable roof at Shimogamo Shrine. Irimoya-zukuri (入母屋造, lit. hip and gable roof style) is a honden style having a hip [note 4]-and-gable [note 5] structure, that is, a gabled roof with one or two hips, and is used for example in Kitano Tenman-gū's honden. [29]

  5. Shinto shrine - Wikipedia

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    On the roof of the haiden and honden are visible chigi (forked roof finials) and katsuogi (short horizontal logs), both common shrine ornamentations. The general blueprint of a Shinto shrine is Buddhist in origin. [18] The presence of verandas, stone lanterns, and elaborate gates is an example of this influence.

  6. Chofa - Wikipedia

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    Roof finial or chofah (colorized) as depicted on the bas relief of Angkor Wat temple in 12th century.. The representation of cho fah is unclear and believed to represent garuda [citation needed], however, the present research indicates that the original chofah upon which most subsequent chofah have been based is the gajashimha of Suryavarman II, [2] the Khmer king who built Angkor Wat.

  7. Flèche faîtière - Wikipedia

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    Fragment of a roof finial of a large clan house, a sculpture of the Kanak people made of Houp wood, 18th century A flèche faîtière on a Kanak house at the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia.

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