. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 16.—Designs from birchbark vessels and baskets (Timiskaming and River Desert Bands). a, star, five in series on one side of basket (Timiskaming Band) (NMC, III, L, 102); 6, band-curve design on cover of c (pi. 34 c) (III, L, 104); c, maple leaf, four in series on one side (III, L, 102); d, sprout of a plant and leaf (River Desert Band); e, maple-leaf cluster (Timiskaming Band) (III, L, 103). pitcherplant occurring with the greatest frequency. One need not hesitate long in deciding what elements of environment engross the imagination of the simple people whose art
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 16.—Designs from birchbark vessels and baskets (Timiskaming and River Desert Bands). a, star, five in series on one side of basket (Timiskaming Band) (NMC, III, L, 102); 6, band-curve design on cover of c (pi. 34 c) (III, L, 104); c, maple leaf, four in series on one side (III, L, 102); d, sprout of a plant and leaf (River Desert Band); e, maple-leaf cluster (Timiskaming Band) (III, L, 103). pitcherplant occurring with the greatest frequency. One need not hesitate long in deciding what elements of environment engross the imagination of the simple people whose art we have here spread out before us. The placing of the design figures on containers is manifestly a matter of individual taste among the artisans of the band. Certain of them show preference for an arrangement of smaller design units on the basket walls. Others show a tendency to place a larger composite and symmetrical plant figure on the long side-wall and add smaller units as taste dictates. In such cases they are interpreted as unrelated single objects in nature. Those who combine the unit patterns into. 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.
Size: 2684px × 931px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectethnolo, bookyear1901
