« A pick made from a bear bone is crudely sharpened at one end (fig. 5b). Speck indicates that it was used to punch holes in meat which was to be smoked and preserved for making pemmican. Such holes open up them eat, allowing the smoke to penetrate. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of M...

« Fishing equipment in the Speck collection includes seven fish hooks, five of which have wooden shanks and bone points. 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, 1...

« Fishing equipment in the Speck collection includes seven fish hooks, five of which have wooden shanks and bone points. 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, 1...

« The stave of a toy bow was made with a crooked knife froma single piece of birchwood and lacks backing. Both the back and front are slightly convex and the sides are flat. Paired V-shaped notches at the sides are cut near the end of each horn for attachment of the bow string which is made of co...

« A variant of the cup and pin game consists of a bundle of cedar twigs wrapped in string. At the proximal end is fastened a length of twine to which is attached a wooden pin which tapers to a point at its distal end (fig. 29a). This game was used in gambling and simply for amusement. It also was...

« Four specimens which do not belong in this section are described here for convenience sake, since they do not readily fit into other sections either. One specimen is a crudely shaped piece of curved wood which is described as a hook for drying clothes in a tent. It has two suspension holes at t...

« Two pot hooks of alder twigs are bent at one end to form a loop and lashed with spruce root. At the other end a hook is formed by a small branch (fig. 5c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthrop...

« A small drinking cup of wood has a flaring base and is wrapped with sinew (fig. 5e). » 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.9, fig 5e (p.33).

«The collection contains twowooden netfloats, both ofwhich are intended for use with summer nets. Each is approximately circular in cross section and notched at one end (fig.3c-d). Floats were attached to the selvage line of thenet with twine. Similar floats are described and illustrated for theM...

« The collection contains two wooden net floats, both of which are intended for use with summer nets. Each is approximately circular in cross section and notched at one end (fig.3c-d). Floats were attached to the selvage line of the net with twine. Similar floats are described and illustrated for...