Textile Derived Symbols

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Inca Checkerboard Tunic Pattern preview
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Inca Checkerboard Tunic Pattern

Black-and-white checkerboard tunics were controlled Inca garments associated with military distinction, political identity and prestigious state gifting.

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Andean Stepped Cross Motif preview
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Andean Stepped Cross Motif

This stepped-cross motif comes from a painted Andean cotton textile, tentatively attributed to Chimu culture, where it appears alongside coiled serpent forms.

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Inca Quipu Knot Group preview
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Inca Quipu Knot Group

Quipus used cords, colours, attachments and knots to organise recorded information in the Inca world; this simplified group represents the system without inventing a message.

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Eight-Point Rosette — Eastern Slavic Folk Ornament preview
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Eight-Point Rosette — Eastern Slavic Folk Ornament

An eight-point star or rosette documented in Ukrainian and wider Eastern European textile ornament.

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Interlocking Lozenges — Slavic Textile Ornament preview
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Interlocking Lozenges — Slavic Textile Ornament

A repeating diamond lattice documented in Ukrainian and other Central and Eastern European textile traditions.

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Diamond-with-Dot Field Motif — Slavic Embroidery preview
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Diamond-with-Dot Field Motif — Slavic Embroidery

A dotted rhombus or lozenge documented within Ukrainian and other Slavic-region embroidery traditions.

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Peacock or Confronted Bird Motif — South and East Slavic Folk Art preview
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Peacock or Confronted Bird Motif — South and East Slavic Folk Art

A symmetrical pair of ornamental birds, sometimes identified as peacocks, in Balkan and Eastern European folk design.

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Herringbone Band — Slavic Pottery and Textile Ornament preview
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Herringbone Band — Slavic Pottery and Textile Ornament

A repeated chevron or diagonal-stroke band used in medieval pottery and later regional textile decoration.

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Paired Birds and Plant Motif — Eastern Slavic Folk Embroidery preview
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Paired Birds and Plant Motif — Eastern Slavic Folk Embroidery

Two birds arranged around a tree or flowering plant on Eastern Slavic embroidered towels.

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Tree-of-Life Pot Motif — Eastern Slavic Folk Embroidery preview
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Tree-of-Life Pot Motif — Eastern Slavic Folk Embroidery

A stylised tree or flowering plant rising from a vessel, documented on Eastern Slavic embroidered towels.

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Horse-and-Rider Folk Motif — Slavic Embroidery preview
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Horse-and-Rider Folk Motif — Slavic Embroidery

A geometrically simplified horse and rider documented in 19th- and early 20th-century northern Russian embroidery.

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