. Bulletin. Ethnology. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPEOK 237 and the cover is lacking. The seams are coated with pitch made of spruce gum to make the vessel watertight.^ This is the carrying pail, of service in the transportation of maple sap in the sugar-making season, and of water to and from the spring. It is still used at all times except where it has become obsolete through the invasion of the commercial tin pail. Decorations on the sides are frequently seen. The grain of the bark is perpendicular to the rim. 3. P'ski'tana'gan, "folded double" (pi. 32, a, 6, c, d).


. Bulletin. Ethnology. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPEOK 237 and the cover is lacking. The seams are coated with pitch made of spruce gum to make the vessel watertight.^ This is the carrying pail, of service in the transportation of maple sap in the sugar-making season, and of water to and from the spring. It is still used at all times except where it has become obsolete through the invasion of the commercial tin pail. Decorations on the sides are frequently seen. The grain of the bark is perpendicular to the rim. 3. P'ski'tana'gan, "folded double" (pi. 32, a, 6, c, d). A seamless. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.


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