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Like those of the other jewelry forms, the ornamental motifs of the necklaces are varied, including dates, pomegranates, half-moons facing each other, lotus flowers, and a hand squeezing a woman's breast.
The ornamental motifs of knots, ribbons, and Rococo scrolls also saw a considerable development.
The mysterious presence of these ornamental motifs in Ashanti jewelry can be explained only by the sporadic appearance of European goldsmiths in that area, probably during medieval times.
Of the decorative animal motifs, the most frequent is the serpent; of the ornamental motifs, the spheroid, disk, and sphere.
From the Mississippian Period there are pieces of embossed copper sheet and breastplates, disks, and plaques made of copper and shell with a wealth of engraved ornamental motifs, such as birds, Sun symbols, isolated heads, human skulls, eagles, rattlesnakes, hands with outspread fingers and an eye designed on the palm, crosses, and figures of warriors.
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