. Bulletin. Ethnology. 232 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BILL. 53 sewed with spruce roots. The "molded sugar" {zi'ga'igun) was packed in cones of birch bark (fig. 5) fastened with tiny wooden pegs and hung by narrow strips of bark; several of these cones were sometimes hung together. A duck's bill was fre- quently used to hold the "molded ; A tliird method of pre- paring the sugar was in the form of a sticky gum or "taffy" Q)%g%- lluwi'zigun),\d\\Qh. was placed in small folded packets of birch bark and tied with strips of the bark. At the close of the sugar-
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 232 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BILL. 53 sewed with spruce roots. The "molded sugar" {zi'ga'igun) was packed in cones of birch bark (fig. 5) fastened with tiny wooden pegs and hung by narrow strips of bark; several of these cones were sometimes hung together. A duck's bill was fre- quently used to hold the "molded ; A tliird method of pre- paring the sugar was in the form of a sticky gum or "taffy" Q)%g%- lluwi'zigun),\d\\Qh. was placed in small folded packets of birch bark and tied with strips of the bark. At the close of the sugar-making the Chippewa went to their summer camps (pi. 38), which were usually situated on the shores of lakes. In the illustration a man is shown mending his canoe by holding a charred stick near the pitch which covers the seams; the heat softens the pitch so that it can be rubbed into the seams with the fmgers^ making them Fig. 5. Birch-bark cone filled with maple sugar. No. 117. "My Travels" Sung by Mec'kawiga^bau Voice J —88 Drdm J = 88 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19) (Catalogue No. 440) ^ -PL -^ a :t-_-r_-t:Ljfr_ ^^^^^M^ :^Jz V-ft^-(Z- -t-- A - ga-wa - ni - gi-ken - dan be - ba - ma - di - zi-yan e a he. 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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