Use for visible signs (which can include figures, such as personifications, or objects) that stand for something else, often something abstract or invisible.
This term has 11 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Object name
Motif
300055878
totems
Memento Mori
emblems (symbols)
attributes (symbols)
alphabets
13yrs ago
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