. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. THE SWASTIKA 197 who worship the sun (which is associated with the Swastika in China), call it by a native name signifying "the ; It is also found as a decorative design in the most ancient remains of man in America, dating (so far as can be guessed) from a thousand years or more before Columbus (Fig. 47). It is generally held that the Swastika must have been introduced into America in prehistoric times by early redskin immigrants, from Asia. The question has been raised as to whether this introdu
. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. THE SWASTIKA 197 who worship the sun (which is associated with the Swastika in China), call it by a native name signifying "the ; It is also found as a decorative design in the most ancient remains of man in America, dating (so far as can be guessed) from a thousand years or more before Columbus (Fig. 47). It is generally held that the Swastika must have been introduced into America in prehistoric times by early redskin immigrants, from Asia. The question has been raised as to whether this introduction was before or after the worship of Buddha in Asia. It is only amongst. Fig. 46.—Piece of a ceremonial bead-worked garter, showing star and two swastikas (made by the Sac Indians, Cook County, Kansas. (Modern.) Buddhists that the Swastika has a religious or sacred character. Elsewhere it seems to have been a mark or sign carrying "good ; A representation of a sitting human figure incised on shell has been found in a prehistoric burial-mound in Tennessee, which has remark- able resemblance to the Asiatic statues of the Buddha. Shell ornaments have also been found here decorated with sharply-cut Swastikas, and in a mound in Ohio thin plates of copper were found cut into simple Swastika shapes like that of Fig. 38, four inches across. Modern Mexican Indians make brooches of gold and turquoise in the form of the Swastika, and- it is a favourite device. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London, Methuen & co. ltd
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