Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256Mallery, Garrick
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Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256
Mallery, Garrick
Haida Indians; Picture-writing, Indian; Tattooing
Materials upon which pictographs are made 58
Natural objects 58
Bone 59
Living tree 59
Wood 59
Bark 59
Skins 60
Feathers 60
Gourds 60
Horse-hair 60
Shells, including wampum 60
Earth and sand 60
The human person 61
Paint on the human person 61
Tattooing 63
Tattoo marks of the Haida Indians 66
Tattooing in the Pacific Islands 73
Artificial objects 78
Mnemonic 79
The quipu of the Peruvians 79
Notched sticks 81
Order of songs 82
Traditions 84
Treaties 86
War 87
Time 88
The Dakota Winter Counts 89
The Corbusier Winter Counts 127
Notification 147
Notice of departure and direction 147
condition 152
Warning and guidance 155
Charts of geographic features 157
Claim or demand 159
Messages and communications 160
Record of expedition 164
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