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Arborglyph Tree Talk & aspen art
Research, Photos and Text by: Carol Pedersen
Tree Talk
Aspen Art
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Often the herder added the name of his home town in the Basque country such as in this carving, Nachitua. |
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an effort to write his name all the way around the trunk, this
carver failed to leave room for the "D" on his last
name and so he placed it above the "U" thereby completing
his autograph:
Peter M. Crimaud 1915 Aug 14
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Entire messages were carved on the trees such as this one which says: I think that next year I'm not going to be here." Joaquin Ygarzabal 1963 |
| Sometimes letters were written backwards such as the "S" in this example. |
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| This is the Basque National name and symbol |
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