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Chakana (traditional Inca symbol)

Last modified: 2017-10-27 by antónio martins
Keywords: chakana | ornament | andean cross | cross: quadrate |
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• Presentation
• Pierced chakana
  • Construction
• Double-inscribed chakana
  • Construction
• Chakana as 2+4+6+6+4+2
• Chakana as 1+3+5+3+1
• Chakana on a 7×7 square grid

See also:

• Inca flags

Presentation

The archetypical chakana seems to be an equilateral lozenge (tilted square) shape with a zigzag orthogonal ouline.
António Martins, 04 Feb 2007

Pierced chakana

image by António Martins, s/d

Construction

image by António Martins, s/d

Double-inscribed chakana

Construction

image by António Martins, s/d

Chakana as 2+4+6+6+4+2

image by António Martins, s/d

Chakana as 1+3+5+3+1

image by António Martins, s/d

Chakana on a 7×7 square grid

image by António Martins, 05 Feb 2007

The pattern for the chakana and its placement on this flag is based on the 7×7 suyu flag design, which is yet another way to draw and place the chakana. Drawn like this it is not anymore a cross-on-a-square shape, but it is still a equilateral lozenge (tilted square) shape with a zigzag orthogonal ouline, which seems to be the archetypical chakana.
António Martins, 04 Feb 2007

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