Post #285814 by Basement Kahuna on Thu, Feb 15, 2007 10:12 AM

I saw the upside-down engraving in "Adorning The World", and my theory on the spot was that this was purely practical....right side up on a normal day, but upside down on a very sunny and bright day, creating shade for your eyes. I believe you have to think like an indigenous Marquesan, and in many of these adornments form followed function.