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Battara · Today, 12:48 AM

What I meant was it is not necessary for an African attribute.

Many world cultures hold similar structures in beliefs symbols, and artwork. These are not due to so much colonization as to similar archetypes in the mind of the human species, which transfer into cultures, symbols, and arts (according to Dr. Mircea Eliade).

Jim McDougall · Today, 02:29 AM

We're in accord Jose....Im not even sure what I meant or said

but what you said sounds good.

David R · Today, 09:56 PM

A classic style and well known and documented for the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Today, 12:48 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,323	What I meant was it is not necessary for an African attribute. Many world cultures hold similar structures in beliefs symbols, and artwork. These are not due to so much colonization as to similar archetypes in the mind of the human species, which transfer into cultures, symbols, and arts (according to Dr. Mircea Eliade).

Today, 02:29 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,581	We're in accord Jose....Im not even sure what I meant or said but what you said sounds good.

Today, 09:56 PM	#3
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,131	A classic style and well known and documented for the 17th and 18th centuries.