What does this symbol mean?

by Ltre5867

I have a final on Thursday on Early World Civilizations and can't find any information in it. If you guys know the name of it or any other information on it that would be great.

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CommodoreCoCo

It appears to be the (Ba)Kongo Cosmogram, which you can read about here. This would definitely coincide with the question on African dualism above it. /u/jil3 is right in that it does represent, among other things, the 4 moments of the sun.

jll3

Looks like the 4 moments of the sun