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  2. Cultural depictions of tigers - Wikipedia

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    The tiger symbol of Chola Empire was later adopted by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the tiger became a symbol of the unrecognised state of Tamil Eelam and Tamil independence movement. [27] The Bengal tiger is the national animal of India and Bangladesh. [28] The Malaysian tiger is the national animal of Malaysia. [29]

  3. Tibetan rug - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan khaden (sleeping rugs) with designs typical of 19th century weavings. Tibetan carpets from the 19th century (perhaps earlier, though mostly carpets from the 19th century survive) are relatively restrained in terms of design and coloring, carpet makers at that time being restricted to a narrow range of natural dyes including madder (red), indigo (blue), Tibetan rhubarb (yellow) and ...

  4. Yantra tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Angelina Jolie got a yantra tattoo of a Bengal tiger in 2004 to celebrate acquiring Cambodian citizenship. [10] However, a modern movement in Thailand seeks to progress away from its animistic past. As part of this movement, many modern-day Thais view yantra tattoos as nothing more than good-luck symbols that are stylish. [11]

  5. Rattan shield - Wikipedia

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    This shows that the concept of the Tiger clothed rattan shielders started during the Ming-Zheng era. Zheng Chenggong called the "Tiger Guard". During the Qing dynasty, an elite special forces troop emerged wearing a tiger uniform, the Tiger-Skinned Rattan Shield Soldiers. The name "Tigers of War" was given to them by European missionaries.

  6. Waghoba - Wikipedia

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    Waghoba (Marathi: वाघोबा) is an ancient tiger/leopard deity worshipped by a number of tribes in India for centuries. Depending on the region of India, the deity is either described exclusively as a tiger or a leopard as a deity that can take both forms.

  7. Mike Tyson's tattoos - Wikipedia

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    Whitmill proposed a tribal design [25] inspired by tā moko, [c] a Māori tattoo style. [26] The design is not based on any specific moko [ 27 ] and was created directly on Tyson's face. [ 28 ] Tyson saw the tattoo as representing the Māori, whom he described as a "warrior tribe", and approved of the design, [ 29 ] which consists of monochrome ...

  8. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Indigenous American arts have had a long and complicated relationship with museum representation since the early 1900s. In 1931, The Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts was the first large scale show that held Indigenous art on display. Their portrayal in museums grew more common later in the 1900s as a reaction to the Civil Rights Movement.

  9. Tribal art - Wikipedia

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    Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples. Also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art , or, controversially, primitive art , [ 1 ] tribal arts have historically been collected by Western anthropologists, private collectors, and museums, particularly ethnographic and natural history museums .