whetstone

The Field Museum

1927.1734 . 176434

« 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).

  • Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

    « Les couteaux croches étaient aiguisés sur des pierres à aiguiser, des galets de plage à grain fin, on en retrouve 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 red pebble


  • Made in Pekuakami


  • Nom De L'objet Pierre à aiguiser
  • Matériaux caillou rouge
  • Ethnic Group Montagnais
  • Collection Lake St. John Objects
  • Provenience North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John