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
248. Fish ornament of thin copper. Hopewell Mound, Ross
County, Ohio. One-sixth natural size 890
249. Lozenge-shaped stencil of thin copper. Hopewell Mound,
Ross County, Ohio. Three-fourths natural size 890
250. Spool-shaped object of copper. Repoussé and intaglio
decoration. Hopewell Mound, Ross County, Ohio. Natural
size 891
251. Fragment of engraved bone representing a paroquet.
Hopewell Mound, Ross County, Ohio. Natural size 892
252. Fragment of engraved bone probably representing a
Mississippi kite or leather-back turtle. Hopewell
Mound, Ross County, Ohio. Natural size 892
253. Fragment of engraved bone probably representing an
otter with a fish in his mouth. Hopewell Mound, Ross
County, Ohio. Natural size 893
254. Water jug, red on yellow, Swastika in center. Poinsett
County, Ark. Cat. No. 91230, U. S. N. M. 893
255. Kansa Indian war chart. Swastika, sign for winds and
wind songs. J. Owen Dorsey, _Am. Naturalist_, July,
1885, p. 670 894
256. Dance rattle, small gourd in black, white, and red,
ogee Swastika on each side. Cat. No. 42042, U. S. N. M.
_Second Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethnol._, 1880-81, fig. 562 896
257. Pima Indian war shield with ogee Swastika (tetraskelion)
in three stripes of color, (1) blue, (2) red, (3) white.
Cat. No. 27829, U. S. N. M. 900
258. Pima Indian war shield with ogee Swastika. The hole near
the lower arm of the Swastika was made by an arrow shot.
(Property of F. W. Hodge) 900
259. Colonial patchwork with pattern resembling Swastika.
_Scribner's Magazine_, September, 1894 901
260. Fragment of the foot of a stone metate with Swastika.
Nicaragua. Cat. No. 23726, U. S. N. M. 902
261. Fragment of stone slab with ogee Swastika (tetraskelion)
from ancient Maya city of Mayapan. Inscription translated
as "fire" by Le Plongeon. _Proc. Amer. Antiq. Soc._, April
21, 1881 903
262. Different forms of Swastika, placed together for comparison 905
263. Shell gorget, cross, circle, sun rays (?), and the heads
of four ivory-billed woodpeckers (?) arranged to form a
Swastika. Mississippi 906
264. Shell gorget from Tennessee 907
265. Shell gorget from Tennessee 907
266. Shell gorget from Tennessee 908
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