pictography

[ pik-tog-ruh-fee ]

/ pɪkˈtɒg rə fi /

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noun

the use of pictographs; picture writing.

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Origin of pictography

1850–55; pictograph + -y³; see -graphy

Pictography here records, that certain clans had killed bears and taken human scalps before that time.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
A comparison of the three justifies the assertion that the Kiowa have a recognized system of calendar pictography.
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
Hence the name pictography which some scholars apply to this primitive form of writing.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1|Georges Perrot
According to John Tanner, the symbol for the lightning in Ojibway pictography was a rattlesnake.
American Hero-Myths|Daniel G. Brinton

It is a very old symbol, and is frequently found with the same meaning in cliff-houses and in ancient pictography.
The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo|J. Walter Fewkes