Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap and a human figure
Petroglyph tracings A: [Peaked 4 sided figures] #10. 2 negatives and 2 positives. Possibly a woman. Beneath the cap and figure appears to be an inverted Mi'kmaq canoe with a person seated at the back.
Date: 1888
Retrieval no.: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 11 A10
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