The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric TimesWilson, Thomas
Religion
The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times
Wilson, Thomas
Industries, Primitive; Swastikas; Symbolism
192. Fragment of pottery, row of Swastikas in intaglio,
Necropole Felsinea, Italy, Museum of Bologna. Gozzadini,
_Due Sepolcri_, etc., p. 7, one-half natural size 860
193. Swastika sign on clay bobbin. Type Villanova, Bologna.
Gozzadini Coll. De Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_,
fig. 1239 860
194. Pottery vase ornamented with bronze nail heads in form
of Swastika. Este, Italy. _Matériaux_, etc., 1884, p. 14 861
195. Fragment of pottery with Swastika stamped in relief 861
196. Stamp for making Swastika sign on pottery. Swiss lake
dwelling of Bourget, Savoy, Musée de Chambéry. Chantre,
_Age du Bronze_, figs. 53 and 55; and Keller, _Lake
Dwellings of Europe_, etc., pl. CLXI, fig. 3 861
197. Fragment of ceinture, thin bronze, repoussé, with
Swastikas of various kinds; Tumulus Alsace. Bronze Age,
Halstattien epoch. De Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_,
fig. 1255 862
198. Fragment of ceinture of thin bronze, openwork with
intricate Swastikas; Tumulus of Metzstetten, Wurtemburg.
Museum of Stuttgart, Halstattien epoch. De Mortillet,
_Musée Préhistorique_, fig. 1257, and Chantre, _Caucasus_,
etc., vol. II, p. 50, fig. 25 862
199. Bronze fibula, the body of which forms a Swastika. Museum
of Mayence. De Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_, fig. 1206 862
200. Sepulchral urn with Swastika. North Germany. Lisch &
Schröter, Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. VII, fig. 94 862
201. Spearhead with Swastika, _Croix swasticale_ and
triskelion. Brandenburg, Germany. Waring, _Ceramic Art_,
etc., pl. XLIV, fig. 21. _Viking Age_, Vol. II, fig. 336 863
202. Bronze pin with Swastika, _pointillé_, from mound in
Bavaria. Chantre, _Matériaux_, 1884, pp. 14, 120 863
203. Runic inscription on bronze sword, inlaid with silver.
Saebo, Norway. One of the characters is a Swastika 864
204_a_. Swastika with dots. Torcello, Italy. Du Chaillu,
_Viking Age_, vol. II, fig. 335 865
204_b_. Runic inscription on spearhead. Torcello, Italy. Du
Chaillu, _Viking Age_, vol. II, fig. 335 865
205. Redding comb with Swastika. Scandinavia 865
206. Bronze brooch or fibula with combination of Swastikas.
Scandinavia 865
207. Bronze brooch with Swastikas (tetraskelions), right and
left; triskelion, left. Scandinavia 866
208. Plaque for ceinture with buckle, two ogee Swastikas
(tetraskelions) 866
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