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Picture-Writing of the American Indians / Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822 — Garrick Mallery

Picture-Writing of the American Indians / Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822

Garrick Mallery

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A scholarly ethnological report and essay collection on pictography and symbolic communication among American Indians, published in the Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (1888–89). Garrick Mallery surveys signs, pictographs, and their meanings, offering a window into Indigenous visual record-keeping. Valuable for readers interested in early anthropology and Native American expressive traditions.

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LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS.

Series title.

Smithsonian institution. Bureau of ethnology.

Tenth annual report | of the | Bureau of ethnology | to the | secretary of the Smithsonian institution | 1888-’89 | by | J. W. Powell | director | [Vignette] |

Washington | government printing office | 1893

8o. xxx, 742 pp. 54 pl.

Author title.

Powell (John Wesley).

Tenth annual report | of the | Bureau of ethnology | to the | secretary of the Smithsonian institution | 1888-’89 | by | J. W. Powell | director | [Vignette] |

Washington | government printing office | 1893

8o. xxx, 742 pp. 54 pl.

[SƽƗǵƒǪLjƿƗĵƿ ƗƿǪǵƗǵǼǵƗLjƿ. Bureau of ethnology.]

Title for subject entry.

Tenth annual report | of the | Bureau of ethnology | to the | secretary of the Smithsonian institution | 1888-’89 | by | J. W. Powell | director | [Vignette] |

Washington | government printing office | 1893

8o. xxx, 742 pp. 54 pl.

[SƽƗǵƒǪLjƿƗĵƿ ƗƿǪǵƗǵǼǵƗLjƿ. Bureau of ethnology.]

TENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY

TO THE

SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

1888-’89

BY
J. W. POWELL
DIRECTOR
colophon
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1893
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Letter of
transmittal
VII
Introduction
IX
Publications
X
Field work
X
Mound
explorations
X
Work
of
Mr.
Cyrus
Thomas
X

Work
of
Mr.
Gerard
Fowke
XI
Work
of
Mr. J.
D.
Middleton
XI
Work
of
Mr.
H. L.
Reynolds
XI
Work
of
Mr. J.
W.
Emmert
XII
General
field
studies
XII
Work
of
Col.
Garrick
Mallery
XII
Work
of
Mr.
W. J.
Hoffman
XIII
Work
of
Mr.
H. W.
Henshaw
XIV

Work
of
Mr.
James
Mooney
XV
Work
of
Mr.
Jeremiah
Curtin
XVI
Work
of
Mr.
A. S.
Gatschet
XVII
Work
of
Mr. J.
N. B.
Hewitt
XVII
Work
of
Mr.
Victor
Mindeleff
XVII
Work
of
Mr.
A. M.
Stephen
XVII
Office work
XVIII
Work
of
Major
J. W.
Powell
XVIII

Work
of
Mr.
H. W.
Henshaw
XVIII
Work
of
Col.
Garrick
Mallery
XVIII
Work
of
Mr. J.
Owen
Dorsey
XVIII
Work
of
Mr.
A. S.
Gatschet
XIX
Work
of
Mr.
Jeremiah
Curtin
XIX
Work
of
Mr.
James
Mooney
XIX
Work
of
Mr. J.
N. B.
Hewitt
XX

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Contents

  1. LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS.
  2. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.
  3. PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. INTRODUCTION.
  7. CHAPTER I. PETROGLYPHS.
  8. CHAPTER II. PETROGLYPHS IN NORTH AMERICA.
  9. CHAPTER III. PETROGLYPHS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
  10. CHAPTER IV. EXTRA-LIMITAL PETROGLYPHS.
  11. CHAPTER V. CUP SCULPTURES
  12. CHAPTER VI. PICTOGRAPHS GENERALLY.
  13. CHAPTER VII. SUBSTANCES ON WHICH PICTOGRAPHS ARE MADE.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS BY WHICH PICTOGRAPHS ARE MADE.
  15. CHAPTER IX. MNEMONIC.
  16. CHAPTER X. CHRONOLOGY.
  17. CHAPTER XI. NOTICES.
  18. CHAPTER XII. COMMUNICATIONS.
  19. CHAPTER XIII. TOTEMS, TITLES, AND NAMES.
  20. CHAPTER XIV. RELIGION.
  21. CHAPTER XV. CUSTOMS.
  22. CHAPTER XVI. HISTORY.
  23. CHAPTER XVII. BIOGRAPHY.
  24. CHAPTER XVIII. IDEOGRAPHY.
  25. CHAPTER XIX. CONVENTIONALIZING.
  26. CHAPTER XX. SPECIAL COMPARISONS.
  27. CHAPTER XXI. MEANS OF INTERPRETATION.
  28. CHAPTER XXII. CONTROVERTED PICTOGRAPHS.
  29. CHAPTER XXIII. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
  30. LIST OF WORKS AND AUTHORS CITED.

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