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
358. Mexican terra-cotta spindle-whorl design similar to
Swastika. 971
359. Terra-cotta spindle-whorl. Omotepe Island, Nicaragua.
Cat. No. 28899, U. S. N. M. 971
360. Terra-cotta spindle-whorl. Omotepe Island, Nicaragua.
Cat. No. 28898, U. S. N. M. 971
361. Terra-cotta spindle-whorl. Granada, Nicaragua. Cat. No.
23295, U. S. N. M. 972
362. Terra-cotta spindle-whorl. Malacate, Zapatera Island,
Nicaragua. Cat. No. 29009, U. S. N. M. 972
363. Spindle-whorl, gray clay decorated with annular nodes.
Chiriqui. Holmes, _Sixth Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethnol._,
1884-85, fig. 218 972
364. Spindle-whorl of gray clay with animal figures. Chiriqui.
Holmes, _Sixth Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethnol._, 1884-85, fig. 219 973
365. Spindle-whorl of dark clay with perforations and incised
ornaments. Chiriqui. Holmes, _Sixth Ann. Rep. Bur.
Ethnol._, 1884-85, fig. 220 973
366. Terra-cotta spindle-whorl. Manizales, Colombia, South
America. Cat. No. 16838, U. S. N. M. 973
367. Bobbin or spool for winding thread (?). Type Villanova,
Corneto, Italy. U. S. N. M. 975
368. Terra-cotta bobbin or spool for winding thread (?). Type
Villanova, Bologna, Italy. Cat. No. 101771, U. S. N. M. 975
369. Bobbin (?). Mound near Maysville, Ky. Cat. No. 16748,
U. S. N. M. 976
370. Bobbin (?). Lexington, Ky. Cat. No. 16691, U. S. N. M. 976
371. Bobbin (?). Lewis County, Ky. Fine-grained sandstone.
Cat. No. 59681, U. S. N. M. 976
372. Bobbin (?). End views. Fine-grained sandstone. Maysville,
Ky. Cat. No. 16747, U. S. N. M. 977
373. Woman's woolen dress found in oak coffin. Borum-Eshoi,
Denmark. _Rep. Smithsonian Inst._ (U. S. N. M.), 1892,
pl. CI, fig. 2 978
374. Detail of woven cloth shown in the preceding figure.
Denmark. _Rep. Smithsonian Inst._ (U. S. N. M.), pl. CI,
fig. 3 979
MAP.
Facing page.
Distribution of the Swastika 904
CHART.
Page.
Showing the probable introduction of the Swastika into
different countries 794
FOOTNOTES:
[1] William Berry, Encyclopædia Heraldica, 1828-1840.
[2] Higgins, "Anacalypsis," London, 1836, I, p. 230.
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