Àrokò

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Information Forms (Hierarchy Name) > information forms > information artifacts > <information artifacts by function>

Descripción

Strings or other physical combinations of specific objects such as kola nuts, cowrie shells, pieces of textile, chalk, or bark, conveying highly allusive encoded messages. These are used by the Yoruba of West Africa in a symbol communication system.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263922

Otros términos

  • àrokòs [es]
  • aroko [en]