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2. Amakan - Wikipedia

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   A typical amakan wall in a beach hut in Misamis Oriental Amakan walls in diamond and cross patterns in Bukidnon. Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split-bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. [1]

3. Hanging scroll - Wikipedia

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   Two decorative strips, called jingyan (惊燕; literally "frighten swallows"), are sometimes attached to the top of the scroll. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] At the bottom of the scroll is a wooden cylindrical bar, called digan (地杆), attached to give the scroll the necessary weight to hang properly onto a wall, but it also serves to roll up a scroll for ...

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

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   Chinese symbols and motifs are more than decorative designs as they also hold symbolic but hidden meanings which have been used and understood by the Chinese people for thousand of years; they often influenced by nature, which include the fauna, the flora, landscape, and clouds.

5. Hanging craft - Wikipedia

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   Decorative hangings A wall hanging craft is a decoration, an amulet, a religious or a symbolic object that is hung from the ceiling or another structure. The sculptor Alexander Calder invented the mobiles, popular in the nursery, to give infants something to entertain them and give them external visual stimulation. [ 1 ]

6. Sudare - Wikipedia

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   Sudare (簾/すだれ) are traditional Japanese screens or blinds, made of horizontal slats of decorative wood, bamboo, or other natural material, woven together with simple string, colored yarn, or other decorative material to make nearly solid blinds Sudare can be either rolled or folded up out of the way.

7. Igbo architecture - Wikipedia

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   Walls surrounding Igbo compounds are typically made of mud, clay, bamboo, palm fronds, and sometimes stones. [8] These walls provide security and privacy for the residents these walls also provide controlled access to the properties of the compound. Decorative motifs such as carvings and the usage of uli may be incorporated into the walls. [13]