Birch-Bark Scroll, Writing
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Sep 1916
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Found on a tree in the woods (in spring of 1916) [by Ales Hrdlicka]. Represents a horse led by a man, trees, etc. and conveys idea that man (Joe) has found lost horse in forest and is leading him in."
label: Notes
content: The acquisition of this bark writing was reported in "Local Notes", an internal Smithsonian staff publication. The issue dated September 19, 1916, in the section on New Accessions notes: "The division of ethnology ... has received an interesting specimen of recent Chippewa picture writing on birch bark from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. It was found by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka posted on a tree in the woods, and presented to the division by him. It appears from the story that a man lost his horse, and went out hunting in the forest for it. In the mean-time another man found the horse, and posted this pictograph notice to advise the owner. The picture shows the finder leading the horse out of the forest to safety, and is signed by him. Dr. Hrdlicka says that there are only two men in the region about the White Earth Reservation who know the art of picture writing thoroughly."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Dec 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 060233
label: USNM Number
content: E292135-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Scroll