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Five thousand years of an auspicious mark, from Indus Valley seals to the temple walls of Nara.

The word The four gatis The seal Mohenjo-daro The meander 1940 Everything, in one list

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1940

Four nations decide to stop.

Open desert landscape of red rock and low scrub under a wide sky — In May 1940 craftsmen of four nations declared they would stop using a figure of their own. Three pages on the declaration, on what the figure was, and on where the objects are now.

Four nations decide to stopIn 1940 Navajo, Papago, Apache and Hopi craftsmen jointly declared they would no longer use a figure of their own, because of what was being done with a similar shape on another continent. It was their decision and they stated it plainly.
What the whirling log wasIt was a distinct figure with its own meaning and its own place in Navajo practice, unrelated in origin to anything in Europe.
What happened to the objectsPieces made before 1940 sit in museum collections and are catalogued as what they are, with the date and the maker's nation recorded.

Five thousand years of an auspicious mark, from Indus Valley seals to the temple walls of Nara.

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