The double-curve motive in northeastern Algonkian art
By: by Frank G. Speck.
Series: Canada. Geological Survey. Memoir 42, Anthropological series,; no. 1
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Algonquian Indians; Indian art -- North America; Algonguian art
Description: A discussion of the use of several design elements in Algonkian art by different native groups, with emphasis on a primary element known as the double-curve motive, as well as their origin, nature, and possible symbolism. Among the tribes identified in the paper as users of the double-curve motive are the Montagnais, Naskapi, and Eskimo of Labrador.
Notes: Some of plates accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.