From card: "Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #W7, p. 39."Illus., with female doll E90036-0, in Fig. 1, p. 56, and discussed p. 62, in Oberholtzer, Cath, 2011, "Made for Trade: Souvenirs from the Eastern Subarctic," American Indian Art Magazine, 36(2). Identified th...

From card: "These are the skin with the hair of the underside of the lower jaw (chin) of the bear. Some have the tongue bone bound inside, and are folded over. All are decorated on the edge with cloth binding or a string of seed beads. Some have both and a small wool tassel. They are kept out of ...

From card: "Has porcupine quill embroidery decoration on either side and at ends."Written on the artifact itself in old handwriting: "Chicoutimi, Chateau Saguenay, made by Montagnais Indians"; there also appears to be a price marked of "25." Chicoutimi is a town name, which is now part of Saguena...

From card: "Gift of Harriet Whiskeychan, 1934. Round stick frame completely filled with open mesh looped silk netting, concentric circles of red and white around a blue center. Doubled purple ribbon attached to one side. Used to ward off colds from a baby."Illus. p. 50 in Oberholtzer, Cath. 2012....

From card: "Gift of Harriet Whiskeychan. 1934. Feathered skin from beneath lower bill of loon, black with white markings, has 2 short strings red beads attached. Kept until next season to honor "Supreme Being" for the loon as food."

Note in accession file: “This knife is the crooked knife of the Indians of Labrador peninsula. It is the principal wood-working tool known among the Nescaupies and the Montagnais and with it very fine work is done. It is made of an old file, obtained at a post of the Hudson Bay Company and was fo...