Rumah limas

This article is about limas house of Palembang. For the Malay limas house (rumah Melayu atap limas), prominent in places like Riau and Malaysia, see Malay houses.
Limas house with its typical multi-level floor in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta

Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"),[1] is a type of traditional house found in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. It can also be found in Baturaja. The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In Palembang, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status.[2]

Rumah rakit in Musi River bank near Palembang in 1917.
A front facade of a limas house is in the background.
Rumah limas of IDR 10000 banknote is now located in Museum Balaputradewa, Palembang.
Side view plan of rumah limas.
The limas house of Pangeran Syarif Abdurachman Alhabsi in the Balaputradeva Museum is featured on an Indonesian banknote.
  1. ^ Taal 2008, p. 364.
  2. ^ Taal 2008, p. 363.