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The chakana (Andean cross, "stepped cross" or "step motif" or "stepped motif") is a stepped cross motif used by the Inca and pre-incan Andean societies. The most commonly used variation of this symbol today is made up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of the compass and a superimposed square.
Ceramics have been created in the Americas for the last 8000 years, as evidenced by pottery found in Caverna da Pedra Pintada in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. [78] The Island of Marajó in Brazil remains a major center of ceramic art today. [79] In Mexico, Mata Ortiz pottery continues the ancient Casas Grandes tradition of polychrome pottery.
An Ethiopian Orthodox priest with traditional Axumite crosses Ethiopian, brass, latticework, blessing cross. Ethiopian crosses, Abyssinian crosses, or Ethiopian-Eritrean crosses are a grouping of Christian cross variants that are symbols of Christianity in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans. Their elaborate, stylized design ...
Creative cross tattoo ideas and the significance of this type of ink.
Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art , or, controversially, primitive art , [ 1 ] tribal arts have historically been collected by Western anthropologists, private collectors, and museums, particularly ethnographic and natural history museums .
a heart, with a cross in the centre [None listed] No. 13 14 AKOMA NTOSO: the joined hearts 18 Aya: the fern the word also means 'I am not afraid of you', 'I am independent of you' and the wearer may imply this by wearing it 20 BI NKA BI: no one should bite the other 23 DAME-DAME: name of a board game symbol of intelligence and ingenuity 25 Dono
For most of them, it is a pendant with a varied silhouette, related either to a cross (tanaghilt), or to a form of plate or shield (talhakim). The former is made of stone or copper. The blacksmiths generally use silver and the so-called "lost wax" casting process without ever hammering the metal.
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