A composite bow uses a combination of materials to create the limbs, allowing the use of materials specialized for the different functions of a bow limb.

Araki defended himself using nothing more than a rolled up piece of paper.

Other parts were decorated in a purely decorative style with geometric patterns.

The carved coffer ceiling, laminated with pure gold, is by Giuliano da Maiano (1470 1476).

The decorative use of wire in southern Africa dates back hundreds of years.

Instead he applied it in pure form, almost as a decorative glaze.

FOIL PATCH When tilted , a hologram shows a picture and the value of the banknote .

Foil patch When tilted , a hologram shows a picture and the value of the banknote .

Cases are usually constructed from steel (often SECC Steel, electrogalvanized, cold rolled, coil) or aluminium.

In Chinese and Japanese art, the swastika is often found as part of a repeating pattern.

The nuclear weapon states have largely treated that aspect of the agreement as decorative and without force.

Compounding that, the material of choice, laminate, that I was trying to highlight, only bends in two dimensions.

There was this whole fancy diplomatic system, this negotiation process about the future of Kosovo, and the Kosovars weren't part of it.

I have painted works that are unsellable for the lapachito and the decorative style way of thinking, and they were sold anyway.

Common in many kumi daiko groups is the use of the happi, a decorative, thin fabric coat, and traditional headbands called hachimaki.

A pattern is an original object used to make copies, or a set of repeating objects in a decorative design and in other disciplines.

The quadratura style of the ceilings evoke Pietro Cortona's Sale dei Planeti at the Pitti, but Le Brun's decorative schema is more complex.

File Bull man protecting palmtree Louvre 14390 91.jpg_thumb_Bull man protecting a palmtree, Decorative brick panel from the outer wall of a temple to Inshushinak at Susa (12th century BC) Inshushinak was one of the major gods of the Elamites and the protector deity of Susa.

Behind the front cover was a rotatable laminated card disc, or volvelle, covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover.

It's no wonder that a short time ago a famous supermarket made use of the sculpture of a black boy in chains, as though it was something natural, harmless and ornamental.

During the Edo period, wrestlers would wear a fringed decorative apron called a kesho mawashi during the bout, whereas today these are worn only during pre tournament rituals.

At tall, including decorative spires, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, laid claim to replacing the Sears Tower as the tallest building in the world in 1998.

For example , parts of the staircases and the checkout area are still in their original state in the foyer of the western wing building the original decorative brick pattern still exists under the plaster .

Early planners took advantage of such opportunity by damming the creek to create a decorative lake to the south of the central business district with a dam a block and a half west of the later elaborate long Albert Street Bridge across the new lake.