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[Motif] Striped-Center-Pole Motif [Description] 
The Cedar Tree and Striped Pole Motif represent the Axis Mundi or world tree, a central axis on which all the worlds rotated and were connected. It would have had alternating bands of red and white. It is often augmented with raccoon skin bundles, Ogee Motifs, and anthropomorphic heads.
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex - Religion-wiki
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