Bear-Claw Ring Charms 21

National Museum of Natural History

E395301-0

From card: "Individual hollow ends of bear claws fitted into each other to form small diameter rings. These are used by the natives as charms (collected, 1933)."


  • Type of Item charm
  • Culture Montagnais, Rupert House, Cree

  • Field Collector Rev. John M. Cooper
  • Received from Catholic University Of America

  • Made in Quebec
  • Collected in Quebec

  • Acquisition Date on July 6, 1956

  • Accession Number 211312