. Bulletin. Ethnology. 244 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bnix. 128 River Desert Algonquin woman rely upon her cut-outs for the transfer of pattern to her basket than does the artist at work farther north. And, again, the appearance of geometrical decorations in the bark etching is less frequently met with here than to the northward. An examination of designs, furthermore, shows the Algonquin, especially the bands nearer to the Ojibwa of Ontario, to be somewhat more given to the use of animal and human outlines for ornamentation than the Montagnais. But the feature of striking importance in a c
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 244 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bnix. 128 River Desert Algonquin woman rely upon her cut-outs for the transfer of pattern to her basket than does the artist at work farther north. And, again, the appearance of geometrical decorations in the bark etching is less frequently met with here than to the northward. An examination of designs, furthermore, shows the Algonquin, especially the bands nearer to the Ojibwa of Ontario, to be somewhat more given to the use of animal and human outlines for ornamentation than the Montagnais. But the feature of striking importance in a comparison of the bark- basket art motivation of this and the adjacent areas occurs in the. Figure 5.—Rim reinforcements of Algonquin birchbark containers and decorative borders derived from them. n, Rim with birchbarli reiaforcement below hoop for strengthening and for decorative effect, River Desert Band (NMC); b, representation of reinforcement in scraped-away design for decoration, River Desert Band (NMC); c, rim reinforcement, River Desert Band; d, representation of same, River Desert Band; e, f, elaborated representations of reinforcement principle, Timiskaming Band and River Desert Band, respectively (NMC). decoration of the space just below the hoop and rim, with an encircling band of varied outlines. It is found in so many of the Algonquin bark objects as to challenge attention to its origin and its meaning in the puzzle of design ; This particular feature is shown in the sketches in figures 5-8 and plates 30, 31. At first glance, indeed, it would seem probable that its origin might lie in some detail of con- struction, for technical ^precursors of decoration have always a high probability as explanatory suggestions. In this case there is reason to close the assumption with an affirmative solution. Specimens in " Boas (1927, p. 55) emphasizes the importance of rim binding in North America and Siberia, both as a technical feature and as a field o
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