. Bulletin. Ethnology. 264 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 128 the group. Animal figures increase as one approaches the cultural strip nearer to the Ojibwa. I would infer from a general estimate of the evidence we possess that the animal figures are of prior dating to the floral motives. And that the latter are an acquisition, either having developed within the art horizon of the area as a natural outgrowth of internal stimuli or having resulted from imitation of other Indians or the French, is also highly probable. Knowledge of. Figure 20.—Birchbark cut-out patterns for decorating contain
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 264 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 128 the group. Animal figures increase as one approaches the cultural strip nearer to the Ojibwa. I would infer from a general estimate of the evidence we possess that the animal figures are of prior dating to the floral motives. And that the latter are an acquisition, either having developed within the art horizon of the area as a natural outgrowth of internal stimuli or having resulted from imitation of other Indians or the French, is also highly probable. Knowledge of. 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. 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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