« Awls are described as wood-working tools because, according to Rogers (1967, p. 47), they were used by the Mistassini to make holes in snowshoe frames for the selvage thongs. However, they were certainly also used for making holes in hides. Of the three awls in the Speck collection, two have ci...

« Awls are described as wood-working tools because, according to Rogers (1967, p. 47), they were used by the Mistassini to make holes in snowshoe frames for the selvage thongs. However, they were certainly also used for making holes in hides. Of the three awls in the Speck collection, two have ci...

« Wood-working tools in the Speck collection are represented by three crooked all with wooden handles and metal blades made from large kitchen knives. The hallmarks of English makers of cutlery occur on two blades. The faces of the blades within the bend and along the length of the same side are ...

« Two styles of netted snowshoes are represented in the Speck collection by a single pair each. Both pairs have birchwood frames and babiche netting. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. N...

« In addition to those just described, there are four pairs of leggings in the Speck collection […]. » 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.14. « The ...

« In addition to those just described, there are four pairs of leggings in the Speck collection, two of which are identified as having been worn by women. One of these is made of a single piece of purple wool felt edged with green cotton tape. Just inside the edge are rows of orange, purple, and ...

« The leggings, which do not appear to be those worn by the young woman in the photograph, are each made from a single piece of red wool felt, into the seam of which is sewn a fringed strip of green felt. The bottoms and tops are edged with pink cotton tape. There is a strip of blue cotton tape a...

« This woman's costume is completed with an oval head band of purple wool felt edged with light purple silk. A strip of red cotton tape is sewn down the center of one side and there are silk ties, one red and one purple, at each end (fig. 24c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montag...

« A neck warmer is made from a lynx tail. It has moose skin ties at either end (fig. 26e). » 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).

« 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 ...