From card: "89967: Illus. in: Hndbook. of N. Amer. Indian, Vol. 6, Subarctic, Fig. 6B, pg. 178 and I.D. there as Naskapi."Illus. p. liii in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge.A three-pronged bone implement for painting robes. The Innu used fork-like sticks to paint complicated patterns on their clothing.

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 there as male and female dolls, collected between 1882 and 1884 from Kuujjuaq (formerly Fort Chimo), Ungava Bay region, Quebec, by Lucien Turner, who identified the female doll as Nenenot (Naskapi). Oberholtzer identifies the dolls as Cree, and notes that "While Turner was there [at Fort Chimo], a number of Cree families from Fort George and Little Whale River traveled there to hunt ... . Turner's extended stay in the area and the Cree presence gave him an opportunity to collection Cree items, including dolls. ... Their cloth bodies are stuffed, perhaps with caribou hair, and their heads are carved wood. Only the male of the pair has bead eyes. He wears a fitted, painted caribou-hide coat, wool cloth leggings (which lack the pointed ankle projection) and a pillbox hat with a head scarf tied beneath it. The female's dress is of painted fetal caribou skin, sewn with the fur inside; it is cinched at the waist by a cotton sloth belt fastened at the front with sinew. The separate sleeves, straight-cut leggings and hood are navy wool cloth. The hood is lined with green tartan and is worn over a tartan shawl tied over the head and around the shoulders. Both dolls have hide mittens trimmed with cloth and high-cut hide moccasins. Worthy of note are the male's two bags: a round-bottomed cartridge bag is hung over his left shoulder and rests on his right hip; and a drawstring gathered panel bag is tied to the belt on his left side. The fur-lined dress and additional layers - a scarf for the man and a shawl for the woman worn beneath their headgear - may be indicative of winter wear."Illus. Fig. 43 p. 167 in Willmott, Cory. (2021). Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio. 55. 121-185. 10.1086/719710.

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 Saguenay, Quebec. Chateau Saguenay was the name of a tourist hotel, built in 1898.

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 forged and tempered by the Indian from [whom] it was purchased. It is presented by Mr. Charles McLaren, the Agent of the Hudson Bay Company at North West River, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, through Mr. (Prof.) C.A. Kenaston."