The emblem of
New Caledonia consists of a
nautilus
The nautilus (, ) is a pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. The nautilus is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina.
It comprises six living species in ...
shell in the foreground; the 2 symbols behind are (from left to right) a ''
flèche faîtière
A ''flèche faîtière'' is a carved rooftop spear or spire or finial that adorns Kanak houses, particularly the Great Houses of the Kanak Chiefs, in New Caledonia. The ceremonial carving is the home of ancestral spirits and is characterized by t ...
'', a kind of
arrow which adorns the roofs of
Kanak
The Kanak (French spelling until 1984: Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. According to the 2019 census, the Kanak make up 41.2% of New Caledonia' ...
houses, thrust through ''tutut''
shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard o ...
s, and an ''
Araucaria columnaris
''Araucaria columnaris'', the coral reef araucaria, Cook pine (or Cook's pine), New Caledonia pine, Cook araucaria, or columnar araucaria, is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae.
Distribution
The tree is endemic to New Caledonia in ...
'' (an endemic tall pine).
Gallery
File:Flag of New Caledonia with Emblem.svg, A French tricolour defaced with New Caledonia's emblem (unofficial).
See also
*
Flag of New Caledonia
External links
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New Caledonia
Culture of New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
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