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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs
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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs

    By Edmund Carpenter, Carl Schuster and Lorraine Spiess

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    6.  Vol. 2, Book 2 - Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs

    In Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs, Carpenter argues that the earliest manifestations of visual art are to be found on the human body, as skin decorations and on worn garments. He looks to surviving examples of decorated pelt

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRock Foundation
    Release dateDec 1, 2017
    ISBN9781943982172
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Robes, Heraldry & Hourglass Motifs

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