. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 20.—Birchbark cut-out patterns for decorating containers, representing flowers (River Desert Band). the absence or presence of surface decorations on bark containers of related and adjacent groups is now the lacking element in the art history of the northern Algonquin. To theorize, furthermore, upon the possible sources of origin here for the tree and flower designs would call for a play of imagination. Figure 21.—Pattern stencils cut out of birchbark, used in decorating containers (River Desert Band). a. Scallop for decorating center or corner of basket; 6, arcb
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 20.—Birchbark cut-out patterns for decorating containers, representing flowers (River Desert Band). the absence or presence of surface decorations on bark containers of related and adjacent groups is now the lacking element in the art history of the northern Algonquin. To theorize, furthermore, upon the possible sources of origin here for the tree and flower designs would call for a play of imagination. Figure 21.—Pattern stencils cut out of birchbark, used in decorating containers (River Desert Band). a. Scallop for decorating center or corner of basket; 6, arcb or rainbow for side of basket; e, scallop element for decoration under rim of basket. hardly permissible in a report of this character. One need not, however, feel obUged to conjure up the remote past in the hfe of these forest denizens to seek for pointed suggestions in their function- ing experiences amid daUy and constant environment which would lead to the adoption of floral, especially leaf, devices in ornamentation. It is a real experience in the retina of European as weU as native eyes to witness the mottled shadows cast by the rays of the summer sun. 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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