Adornment (verb)
- to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adorning
In “NonsieNontsikelelo Mutiti on Interrogating Euro-centric Design Canon” Ksenya Samarskaya stated: “There were pictograms painted on rock faces or walls and also beaded adornment with codified meaning. It was not taught about any of these ways of articulating myself.”
In other words, Samarskaya meant the pictographs painted on the walls, rock faces has a value to it meaning it’s delicate looking.