Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Tracing of a petroglyph of two human figures in a Mi'kmaq canoe
Petroglyph tracings D: Canoes #9. 6 negatives and 7 positives. Marion Robertson's Rock Drawings of the Micmac Indians finds this petroglyph of particular interest because of "the x-ray view of the occupants of the canoe, a feature of primative art, especially of prehistoric times."
Date: 1888
Retrieval no.: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 12 D9
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