. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPEOK 259 branching from the stalk. The base hue is often broadened, some- times a httle domed, to represent the earth. (See the varied series in figs. 13, 15, 25.) Notwithstanding the prevailing disregard for bo- tanic accuracy just mentioned, the makers of the patterns, both cut-out and bitten, confess to seeing in them the likenesses of plant forms which they can name. The muster of named identities given in response to questioning includes berries of every kind, hawberry, leaves of every sort, maple, "trees," white
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPEOK 259 branching from the stalk. The base hue is often broadened, some- times a httle domed, to represent the earth. (See the varied series in figs. 13, 15, 25.) Notwithstanding the prevailing disregard for bo- tanic accuracy just mentioned, the makers of the patterns, both cut-out and bitten, confess to seeing in them the likenesses of plant forms which they can name. The muster of named identities given in response to questioning includes berries of every kind, hawberry, leaves of every sort, maple, "trees," white pine, spruce, balsam, elm and ash, and the favorite outlines of swamp vegetation, the pond lily and ^. 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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