"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
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The painted-on wings always remind me of the Aztec bird.

I believe they are intended to represent Navajo, Zuni or Hopi iconography from
the U.S. Southwest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder...28mythology%29
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