TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors Impacting Woodcarving Influences in Traditional Malay
Houses of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia: Understanding the
Technology of Architectural Heritage
AU - Zainal Abidin, Nurdiyana AU - Nafida Raja Shahminan, Raja AU - Khair Ibrahim, Fawazul 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 383
EP  - 392
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.383.392
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.383.392
KW  - Influences
KW  -traditional
KW  -Malay houses
KW  -woodcarvings
KW  -cultural
AB  - Traditional Malay houses varies architecturally from one state to another with specific elements that
are identifiable to each different state in Malaysia. Many similarities and differences can be found in the
architecture and ornamentations of traditional malay houses. Woodcarvings are unique form of ornamentation
and elaborate decorative components of traditional architecture of the Malays and they can be found
throughout Malaysia including in Negeri Sembilan. Negeri Sembilan is a democratic, multi-cultural, multi-racial
and multi-religion state which uniquely practices the matrilineal social system of Adat Perpatih and has a strong
connection to it’s history and heritage particularly its distinctive vernacular architecture. The purpose of this
paper is to investigate the factors impacting woodcarvings influence in traditional malay houses in Negeri
Sembilan, Malaysia. The research methodologies undertaken were case studies of fifteen Negeri Sembilan
traditional houses from the archives of measured drawings in Center of Built Environment in the Malay World
(KALAM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and through precedent studies of selected buildings in Negeri
Sembilan. Based on the analysis and synthesis of woodcarvings in selected buildings, many issues were
identified in relation to the identification of influences on the woodcarvings. The outcome of this research
indicated several factors influencing the woodcarvings of Traditional malay houses in Negeri Sembilan which
included influences of woodcarver’s works and also the applications of the woodcarvings such as religious
factors, cultural factors and political factors.
ER  -