A violin typically consists of a spruce top (the soundboard, also known as the top plate, table, or belly), maple ribs and back, two endblocks, a neck, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece. A distinctive feature of a violin body is its "hourglass" shape and the arching of its top and back. The hourglass shape comprises two upper bouts, two lower bouts, and two concave C-bouts at the "waist," providing clearance for the bow.

An Aurlok Totem might look harmless. You could easily believe that this is a simple piece of art, carved to represent  one of the Aurlok Manitus and struck upright into the ground.
But a symbol is never harmless in Oblaye Itse.  Its representation draws the attention of the Manitu it evokes; it summons the spirit, which leaves a small part of his power to dwell within the effigy. This is why the Aurloks use these mystical symbols sparingly; they dare not upset the Manitus by using their symbols too often or for petty or futile purposes. Totems are never raised without a serious reason, approved by the spiritual leaders of the tribe and the spirits they embody.
To show disrespect to such a symbol is likely to attract the wrath of the Manitu it depicts.  An Aurlok would never dishonor a Totem and the Avalonians who took the risk are no longer alive to tell the tale of such sacrilege and its terrible consequences.

"These doors...  We could see them as something ordinary and irrelevant, O Caliph.  But this is not the case.  They are as much symbols as items of daily utility. They symbolize the threshold, the action of moving from one place to another. They are a creation of our civilization; they mark and limit, signaling with courtesy where one authority yields and another is begun. They circumscribe rather than prohibit.  They are not the iron-wrapped timber doors of the Avalonians; any indelicate person could break them open, wearing the mantle of his own barbarity with such an action.  Our doors are just borders, constructed as canvases for the artists kind enough to ornament them.
They inform rather than protect; even when they catch the eye, they are not a means of hiding something else. Indeed, at this moment a spy hired by Senator Khalid Ibn Yazhef to see your projects lurks behind this very door, O Caliph. "
Raziah Bint Sorhna, Oracle

Lion statues stood guard on both sides of the entrance to the old temple. I approached and touched them with caution and reverence. I recognized these lions. They had been carved more than 300 cycles ago at the request of a Black Magistrate called Dì Yao, who had brought back a lion from his travels of exploration and chosen the animal as his personal emblem. The city of Xi Yi, where he had been born, still bears this mark - lion statues can be found throughout the city. But for those privy to his forgotten history, they had a different meaning: Dì Yao had built a secret place deep in the heart of the forest and he was a judge of the pale moon ...
"Let’s proceed with caution, I am certain this place is full of traps…"
My warning echoed from the stone lion, which seemed to nod with a grimacing smile.

"This statue of can be traced back to the cycle 571 of our era, when the forest was cut down to provide the wood to build Xi Yi.  Made by Master Kè Diao, an Imperial sculptor who participated in the construction of the city; it represents a monkey called a gi'bun, a creature that infested this region at the time. Note the smoothness of its hands and harmony of its body. It was a remarkable animal that was immortalized thanks to the observation and skill of this Imperial artist.  Do you have any questions, children?
- Master Ming Shan, where can we see these monkeys? Where can we see the model from which this statue was sculpted?
- Nowhere, child. The gi'buns hindered and undermined the workers building Xi Yi, so they were exterminated.   It's not that serious; the pale moon has retained drawings and sculptures...  like this one. "

Cautious and concerned, the two Aurloks contemplated their find - about a meter high and obviously very old. Its curved shape suggested a peaceful feeling, but its edges were too sharp and the inscriptions covering it were in a language other than their own.  The scouts were unable to read it, but they knew that it came from the East, from the hated Jade Triad. This innocuous block of stone was a jin post. It was a harbinger of troubles to come; strife and warmongering for this peaceful region and its people.  Greedy as they are, those-who-carry-steel would soon converge on these lands to strip it of its precious thunder-stones.

“Let’s return to the camp and inform Tecum’seh of our find. The Sachem will know how to protect Oblaye Itse".