. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthkop. Pap. No. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPECK 247 not a common type of ornamentation, but one evidently favored by certain more skilled operators (fig. 24, a; pi, 33, c). One of the three specimens from the Mattawa Band and some of those from the River du Lievre Band show this development well worked out (pi. 33, c, and Petrullo, 1929, figs. 66 to 69). The containers (pi. 34) made by women of the Timiskaming Band show some deviation in ornamental conception from those of the eastern bands of the Algonquin, in the greater frequency of their animal figures. We might att
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthkop. Pap. No. 17] ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK—^SPECK 247 not a common type of ornamentation, but one evidently favored by certain more skilled operators (fig. 24, a; pi, 33, c). One of the three specimens from the Mattawa Band and some of those from the River du Lievre Band show this development well worked out (pi. 33, c, and Petrullo, 1929, figs. 66 to 69). The containers (pi. 34) made by women of the Timiskaming Band show some deviation in ornamental conception from those of the eastern bands of the Algonquin, in the greater frequency of their animal figures. We might attribute this to the influence of the llliMMIIIiMl^^. n±:^ 3 h Figure 8.—Decorations below rims of Algonquin birchbark containers. ".Timiskaming Band (NMC, III, L, 108); 6, c, d, Mattawa Band (NMC, III, L, 189-91); e, River Desert Band (Rochester Municipal Mus.);/, Timagami Band (NMO); q, h, River Desert Band (MAI, 16/1595). Ojibwa in the older phases of whose art animal forms are outstanding.^^ Discussion of the decorative devices of this band would not be complete without mention of the process of sewing the birchbark cut- out figures themselves directly to the surface of the container with an edge stitching of spruce roots. This ornamental technique, called mi'ndjimogwa'de, is shown in figures a, d, plate 37. In these instances the cut-out figures are applied directly to the surface to form a positive motive of embellishment. No medium of transfer is brought into )' Among the River Desert people esthetic appreciation seems to have turned in favor of floral designs, as typified by Mrs. Buckshot (see page 257).. 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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