Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Tracing of a petroglyph of unknown meaning
Petroglyph tracings L: Nondescript and unclassified #21. 5 negatives and 2 positives. Marion Robertson's Rock Drawings of the Micmac Indians interpret this petroglyph as referring "to the thre superior officers of the tribe represented by three trees." See MG 15 Vol. 14 L16 for further description of the three trees.
Date: 1888
Retrieval no.: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 14 L21
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