Vesterheim – Sacred Symbols: The Folk Art of Norway

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Speaker: Laurann Gilbertson, Vesterheim Chief Curator

Date: Tuesday, November 12

Time: 6:00 PM Pacific / 7:00 PM Mountain / 8:00 PM Central Time

Program Description: Learn about the many symbols that have come down from ancient times and how they were used in Norway in the nineteenth century. Many of the symbols, used on textiles, wood, horn, and other materials, fall into one of the following functions: good luck, fertility, protection, and linking the human and spiritual worlds.

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