The lemur iconography uses archaic lemur silhouettes combined with various mudras (hand gestures). The hands are exaggerated in signs suggesting importance of the action and the particular symbol represents the talismans of “protection,” “warding evil,” “beyond misery,” “compassion,” “Buddha,” “teaching,” “buddhi,” “meditation,” “fearlessness/renunciation,” and “prayer.” The people of Patanga adopted the lemur as a deity into their culture therefore the figure permeates the art and literature of the civilization. These images allude to shadow puppets. The darkened images and activities represented in the artifacts suggest nocturnal rituals.
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