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Abstract

The author attempts to reconstruct semantics and to express a hypothesis on origin of West Siberian ornamental edgings with a bordering, organized following strict formal rules used in lingual texts on creating palindromes. It is suggested that in the perception of ancient West Siberian aborigines the edgings-palindromes symbolized space, possessing an ability to keep living entities. The ornaments were used as amulets. It is suggested that evolution of ornamental pattern being closely connected with weaving processing methods.

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