Symbolism in Penobscot art / by Frank G. Speck.

  • Frank Speck
Date:
1927
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Symbolism in Penobscot art / by Frank G. Speck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    some forty years ago. The coat is a most interesting object to the student of distribution problems. Furnishing a link in a lost series, it definitely establishes a culture connection in antiquity between the Penobscot and the tribes of Labrador, adding to the numerous traits that bespeak either an old Algonkian property in the north or the spread of later practices from the Labrador Peninsula to the Wabanaki area, after the location of these people in their home south of the St. Lawrence. Incidentally it is worth noting that the Penobscot are regarded among the adjacent tribes as excellent wood carvers. Their work mani- fests care and skill, the intrinsic merit of their designs and their technique apparently entitling them to rank among the best native wood carvers, in the north. Compared with the adjacent tribes the Penobscot are
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