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Traditional African shield resembles a Bell Barrow
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Re: Traditional African shield resembles a Bell Barrow
Dec 04, 2012, 23:27
I think it helps to look for symbolism in these things ; and this symbolism, (burying a warrior within a shield-shaped barrow), seems rational to me .

Your first suggestion, (the splash of a stone), might carry some meaning . I invite you to develop it further if you wish.

Your third, in essence that it was the most practical, does not disqualify my theory, in my opinion ~ the practical and the symbolic can go together.
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