Pintadera de triángulos opuestos por un vértice con apéndice perforado.
English translation: Pintadera of opposite triangles joined at vertex with drilled appendix
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Pintadera of opposite triangles joined at vertex with drilled appendix Explanation: Pintadera: Pintadera - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintadera Pintaderas are a form of stamp used by the pre-Hispanic natives of the Canary Islands. They were commonly made of fired clay. Here is an image: Catálogo de pintaderas: búsqueda - El Museo Canario www.elmuseocanario.com/index.php/es/.../catalogo-de-pintade... Descripción/Técnica: Triángulos opuestos por un vértice con apéndice perforado. El campo está definido por triángulos opuestos por un vértice incisos, líneas ... It shows 2 opposite triangles, like a sand clock on its side. The appendix is mentioned here: Presence of a drilled appendix drilled in practically all the pintaderas found suggests a hanging element, but in our opinion nothing in the likes of an amulet or ornamental type, because if so, it would be plausible that the geometric field should be exposed to view of other people and not down at the feet of the bearer, unless some indigenous cultural rule dictated otherwise. Therefore, the appendix –a handle in this case– reinforces the idea of a stamp, and the borehole does likewise to the pendant idea in order to facilitate the bearer hold hands with other tasks while not using the object. https://proyectotarha.org/en_GB/2016/08/18/de-tarjas-y-pinta... I think drilled sounds better than perforated, but the idea is a hole. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2017-06-29 12:23:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The "apéndice" is this: " En su parte posterior suelen llevar una prolongación o apéndice a modo de mango de sujeción que puede estar perforado por un agujero de suspensión", so if appendix doesn't sound right you could say handle. Here it is called a pierced handle: "The size of the pintaderas varies significantly, ranging between 2 and 12 cm. They usually have a small handle, which is sometimes pierced. This allowed the owner to hang the stamp from a string.[2] " https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Pintadera |
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