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The turtle is a symbol of spiritual rebirth and transformation in various cultures. Its ability to go underwater and resurface represents renewal and spiritual protection.

The daisy flower symbolized motherhood and childbirth and through that was associated with love, sensuality, and fertility.

The Quipu, or khipu, was used by the Incas and Andean cultures to record and convey information. This ingenious device, without a written language, utilized colors, strings, and knots at different heights to record various data, including dates, statistics, accounts, and even abstract folk stories and poetry.

The Lambayeque people of 750 AD were skilled in metallurgy and goldsmithing, creating the “Tumi,” a ceremonial dagger for sacrifices to God Naylamp. It symbolized divine power, hierarchy, prestige, and lineage, exclusively held by the nobility.