conventionalized

Floral, geometrical, and conventionalized designs are discussed under the headings “Samar mats” and “Special designs.”

Others have considered them as representatives of the crescent moon; still others as conventionalized ox heads and horns.

The combination of these styles (fig. 327 a and b) present the forms from which the Maltese cross was conventionalized.

In the same way in nature worship, ceremonial objects are conventionalized.

In the course of time this symbolism becomes conventionalized, and eventually it finds its way into primitive art.