In my @atypi presentation about the Skeena Indigenous project, I spoke about how we shouldn’t presume non-literate societies lacked ways to record and transmit information.

Today, I came across this Diné (Navajo) cantillation aide-mémoire, painted on muslin cloth for easy transport. The prayer sticks illustrated along the bottom indicate the sequence of chants and their repetition.

c. 1900–1920