Post Construction is the most characteristic and pervasive of architectural features shared by the Austronesians.
The extension of the rafters at the gable ends to form decorative gable finials in the shape of crossed horns known in Malay as silang gunting or ‘open scissors’.
Another distinctive aspect of design, prominent in Indonesia and beyond, is the extension of the ridge line of the roofsupported by outward-sloping gable ends and sometimes combined by a curvature of the roof.