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Fur And Bead Ornament

National Museum of Natural History

E90047-0

From card: "Under lip of bear used for mole cases."Illus. p. 262 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there: "Bear ornament. A bear lip ornament used by the Innu, possibly as a charm, collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo. It is unclear whether these are made from the skin of a black bear (Ursus americanus) or a brown bear (Ursus arctos)."

  • Type of Item charm
  • Culture Innu, Naskapi
  • Field Collector Lucien M. Turner
  • Made in Quebec
  • Collected in Quebec
  • Acquisition Date on January 9, 1884
  • Accession Number 013922

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