whetstone
The Field Museum
1927.1734 . 176433
« Crooked knives were sharpened on whetstones, fine-grained beach pebbles of which there are two in the collection (fig. 3j). » 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.7, fig 3j (p.31).
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Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Les couteaux croches étaient aiguisés sur des pierres à aiguiser, des cailloux de plage à grain fin, qu’on retrouve au nombre de deux dans la collection (fig. 3j). » 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.7, fig 3j (p.31).
- Type of Item whetstone
- Culture Ilnu, Montagnais, Innu
- Material yellow sandstone pebble
- Made in Pekuakami
- Collection Lake St. John Objects
- Nom De L'objet Pierre à aiguiser
- Matériaux caillou de grès jaune
- Ethnic Group Montagnais
- Provenience North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John