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The ornamentation of objects is an artistic reproduction, usually simplified by figurative forms of the surrounding reality (material, social, spiritual). The ornament expresses a side of the cultural specificity, of the way of conceiving and producing aesthetic values.

In popular creation, where the names of the craftsmen mostly remain unknown, the ornamental motifs have been polished and selected over the centuries and millennia, becoming a treasure and standard of collective creation.

The decor is always organically linked to the function of the objects, the raw material and the technique in which they are worked, varying in relation to the skill and social status of the creator, the historical stage of development of the society, the geographical location and the demographic structure of the population, sometimes ornaments find their expression sacred symbols that are passed down from generation to generation and are related to the ancient symbols of the people. Thus, folk ornamentation presents an ethnographic document of major importance similar to speech, music, folklore serving as a means of communication between generations.

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