KheeMongolian ornament by rule Монгол

Alkhan khee · hammer border

Interlocking hammers on a module grid: every stroke and every gap is one module. The band is 7 modules deep and repeats every 8. Mongolian ornaments drawn by their rules, not by eye. Set the parameters, then download SVG or PNG.

Alkhan khee

360 × 232 px

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    The CSS border image tiles around any box; the CSS to use is shown below the preview.

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    1 module by the rule. Painted chests often have thicker stems.

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    Alkhan kheePainted ger furniture Alkhan kheeState flag Alkhan kheeState emblem Alkhan kheeBlue khadag Alkhan kheeFive-colour khadag Alkhan kheeWind-horse flag Alkhan kheeGer pillars Alkhan kheeBlack and white

    Five-colour khadag: Blue, yellow, white, red and green, given for lasting merit, prosperity and peace.

    None paints them like the rest.

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    How it is drawn

    Mongolian craftsmen lay ornament out with a module stick (хээ бүтээх мод): every stroke and every gap between strokes is one module wide (J. Tömörkhuyag, 2010).

    Hammers hung alternately from the outer and the inner rule then fill a band 7 modules deep that repeats every 8 modules. A painted chest measured for avdar.me shows exactly this 7 : 8 ratio.

    No source documents the corner. Here each side is mitred into the next at the point where the meeting hammer heads bend into a hook, or close into a box with a dot. Both keep every gap one module wide.

    The rules, their sources and the checks behind them are written up in the repository. Source code and documentation (MIT) · What the palettes mean, and their sources