the Yoruba people. When the knot appears in this culture, it often denotes royal status; thus, it is featured on crowns, tunics, and other ceremonial objects. Also in Africa, the Knot is found on Kasai velvet, the raffia woven cloth of the Kuba people. They attribute mystical meaning to it, as do the Akan people of West Africa who stamp it on their sacred Adinkra cloth. In the Adinkra symbol system, a version of Solomon's knot is the Kramo-bone symbol, interpreted as meaning "one being bad makes all appear to be bad". In Latvia, when Solomon's knot is used on textiles and metal work, it is associated with time, motion, and the powers of ancient pagan gods. In modern science, some versions of the conventionalized sign for an atom (electrons orbiting a nucleus) are variations of Solomon's knot. The logo of the Joomla software program is a Solomon's knot. See also Quatrefoil Swastika Whitehead link Comacine masters References Further reading A book-length illustrated study of Solomon's Knot is Seeing Solomon's Knot, With Photographs by Joel Lipton by Lois Rose Rose, Los Angeles, 2005 (official website http://www.StoneandScott.com/solomonsknot.asp ). A few archaeological reports, art books, craft manuals, museum catalogs, auction catalogs, travel books, and religious documents which discuss or depict the Solomon's Knot configuration are listed below: Bronze Age Civilization of Central Asia, The: Recent Soviet Discoveries. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1981. (Early examples of Solomon's Knot from the Gonur 1 settlement, figure 4, p. 233.) Chen, Lydia. Chinese Knotting. Taiwan: Echo Publishing Company, 1981, . (Instructions for creating a "flat" or Solomon's Knot, p. 58.) Christie's Catalog: The Erlenmeyer Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Stamp Seals and Amulets. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, Auction June 6, 1989. (Cruciform interlace carved stone seal, Ubaid, circa 4500 BCE, Lot 185.) Fraser, Douglas and Herbert M. Cole, eds. African Art and Leadership. Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1972. Cole, Ibo Art and Authority, p. 85. Fraser: Symbols of Ashanti Kingship, pp. 143–144. Fraser: King's ceremonial stool, personal choices of various African leaders, p,209, p. 215, p. 283, p. 290, p. 318 Fraser: More attention should be paid to the significance of the Solomon's Knot motif, p. 318. Laine, Daniel. African Kings. Berkeley, Toronto: Ten Speed Press, 1991, . (Two Nigerian chiefs, Oba Oyebade Lipede and Alake of Abeokuta, wear garments with embroidered Solomon's Knots, p. 63.) Lusini, Aldo. The Cathedral