wrist warmers

The Field Museum

1927.1734 . 176404

« Also made from a piece of a lynx's tail and similarly shaped but smaller is a pair of wrist warmers, one of which is missing from the collection. The single tie is a piece of twine (fig. 29b). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.16, fig 26e (p.54).

  • Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

    « Aussi fabriqué à partir d’un morceau de la queue d’un lynx et de forme similaire mais plus petit, on retrouve une paire de chauffe-poignets, dont une manque à la collection. L’unique attache est faite d’un bout de ficelle (fig. 29b). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.16, fig 26e (p.54).


  • Type of Item wrist warmer
  • Culture Ilnu, Montagnais, Innu
  • Material lynx leg


  • Made in Pekuakami


  • Nom De L'objet Chauffe-poignets
  • Matériaux patte de lynx
  • Ethnic Group Montagnais
  • Collection Lake St. John Objects
  • Provenience North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John