Pictographs of the North American Indians

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Author

Mallery, Garrick, 1831-1894

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Henry Flower, Carlo Traverso, The Internet Archive (American Libraries). and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Tattooing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54643

Release Date

May 2, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY.
5. 5.DISTRIBUTION OF PETROGLYPHS IN NORTH AMERICA. — NORTHEASTERN ROCK CARVINGS. — ROCK CARVINGS IN PENNSYLVANIA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN OHIO. — ROCK CARVINGS IN WEST VIRGINIA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. — ROCK CARVINGS IN IOWA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN MINNESOTA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN WYOMING AND IN IDAHO. — ROCK CARVINGS IN NEVADA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN OREGON AND IN WASHINGTON. — ROCK CARVINGS IN UTAH. — ROCK CARVINGS IN COLORADO. — ROCK CARVINGS IN NEW MEXICO. — ROCK-CARVINGS IN ARIZONA. — ROCK CARVINGS IN CALIFORNIA. — COLORED PICTOGRAPHS ON ROCKS.
6. 6.FOREIGN PETROGLYPHS. — PETROGLYPHS IN SOUTH AMERICA. — PETROGLYPHS IN BRITISH GUIANA. — PETROGLYPHS IN BRAZIL. — PICTOGRAPHS IN PERU.
7. 7.OBJECTS REPRESENTED IN PICTOGRAPHS.
8. 8.INSTRUMENTS USED IN PICTOGRAPHY. — INSTRUMENTS FOR CARVING. — INSTRUMENTS FOR DRAWING. — INSTRUMENTS FOR PAINTING. — INSTRUMENTS FOR TATTOOING. — COLORS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION. — IN THE UNITED STATES. — IN BRITISH GUIANA. — SIGNIFICANCE OF COLORS.
9. 9.MATERIALS UPON WHICH PICTOGRAPHS ARE MADE. — NATURAL OBJECTS. — BONE. — THE LIVING TREE. — WOOD. — BARK. — SKINS. — FEATHERS. — GOURDS. — HORSE HAIR. — SHELLS, INCLUDING WAMPUM. — EARTH AND SAND. — THE HUMAN PERSON. — PAINT. — TATTOOING.
10. 10.ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS.
11. 11.MNEMONIC.
12. 12.THE QUIPU OF THE PERUVIANS. — NOTCHED STICKS. — ORDER OF SONGS. — TRADITIONS. — TREATIES. — WAR. — TIME. — THE DAKOTA WINTER COUNTS. — THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.
13. 13.NOTIFICATION. — NOTICE OF DEPARTURE AND DIRECTION. — NOTICE OF CONDITION. — WARNING AND GUIDANCE. — CHARTS OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. — CLAIM OR DEMAND. — MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS. — RECORD OF EXPEDITION.
14. 14.TOTEMIC. — TRIBAL DESIGNATIONS. — GENTILE OR CLAN DESIGNATIONS. — PERSONAL DESIGNATIONS. — INSIGNIA OR TOKENS OF AUTHORITY. — PERSONAL NAME. — AN OGALALA ROSTER. — RED-CLOUD’S CENSUS. — PROPERTY MARKS. — STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. — SIGNS OF PARTICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS.
15. 15.RELIGIOUS. — MYTHIC PERSONAGES. — SHAMANISM. — DANCES AND CEREMONIES. — MORTUARY PRACTICES. — GRAVE-POSTS. — CHARMS AND FETICHES.
16. 16.CUSTOMS. — ASSOCIATIONS. — DAILY LIFE AND HABITS.
17. 17.TRIBAL HISTORY.
18. 18.BIOGRAPHIC. — CONTINUOUS RECORD OF EVENTS IN LIFE. — PARTICULAR EXPLOITS AND EVENTS.
19. 19.IDEOGRAPHS. — ABSTRACT IDEAS. — SYMBOLISM.
20. 20.IDENTIFICATION OF THE PICTOGRAPHERS. — GENERAL STYLE OR TYPE. — PRESENCE OF CHARACTERISTIC OBJECTS.
21. 21.MODES OF INTERPRETATION. — HOMOMORPHS AND SYMMORPHS.
22. 22.CONVENTIONALIZING.
23. 23.ERRORS AND FRAUDS.
24. 24.SUGGESTIONS TO COLLABORATORS. — Index — Transcriber's Note

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