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This embroidered bird - executed in silk thread on silk fabric - was found in the burial of a Pazyryk woman on the Ukok plateau in Altai mountains of Siberia. It dates to ca.500 BCE and survives because the tomb was dug into the permafrost. The picture on the left is a depiction what the outfit of the woman in the burial looked like. Historical Embroidery, Medieval Embroidery, Larp Costume, Fibre Art, Bronze Age, Central Asia, Embroidery Inspiration, Mongolia, Anthropology

This embroidered bird - executed in silk thread on silk fabric - was found in the burial of a Pazyryk woman on the Ukok plateau in Altai mountains of Siberia. It dates to ca.500 BCE and survives because the tomb was dug into the permafrost. The picture on the left is a depiction what the outfit of the woman in the burial looked like.

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Macedonian Embroidery, Modern Embroidery Designs, Birth Giving, Sound Map, Pagan Beliefs, Traditional Ornaments, Stone Engraving, Deeper Meaning, Names Of God

The older the embroidery pattern is, the deeper meaning it has. Modern embroidery designs, usually, just mimic flowers, leaves, and animals, while in milleniums-old patterns, every stitch may have a meaning. People used to invent a new design for each person. Often, they encrypted names, phrases, or important symbols into the embroidery. Here, on the example of Macedonia, you can see the confirmation.

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