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  2. Pla taphian - Wikipedia

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    Pla taphian. Specimen at the Ayutthaya Studies Institute. The pla taphian ( Thai: ปลาตะเพียน, pronounced [plāː tā.pʰīa̯n]) is a traditional central Thai handicraft. It is a woven hanging mobile, usually made from palm leaves, in the form of a fish (specifically the barb, which gives it its name). [1] The barb is ...

  3. Koinobori - Wikipedia

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    Koinobori at Chizu, Tottori with a patterned windsock at the top. Koinobori (鯉のぼり), meaning ' carp streamer ' in Japanese, are carp-shaped windsocks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), a traditional calendrical event which is now designated as Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no hi), a national holiday in Japan.

  4. Chalkware - Wikipedia

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    Chalkware. Chalkware is an American term for popular figurines either made of moulded plaster of Paris (usually) or sculpted gypsum, and painted, typically with oils or watercolors. [1] [2] They were primarily created during one of three periods: from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, during the Great Depression, and ...

  5. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    A list of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs, including decorative ornaments, patterns, auspicious symbols, and iconography elements, used in Chinese visual arts, sorted in different theme categories. Chinese symbols and motifs are more than decorative designs as they also hold symbolic but hidden meanings which have been used and ...

  6. Chinese knotting - Wikipedia

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    Chinese knotting, also known as zhongguo jie ( Chinese: 中國結; pinyin: Zhōngguó jié ), is a Chinese folk art with ties to Buddhism and Taoism. [1] A Chinese knot is made from a single length of cord that is woven into different shapes, with each shape having a symbolic meaning. [2] The most common color used in Chinese knotting is red, a ...

  7. Decorator crab - Wikipedia

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    The graceful decorator crab, Oregonia gracilis. Decorator crabs are crabs of several different species, belonging to the superfamily Majoidea (not all of which are decorators), that use materials from their environment to hide from, or ward off, predators. They decorate themselves by sticking mostly sedentary animals and plants to their bodies ...

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