From card: "Under lip of bear used for mole cases."Illus. p. 263 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. Identified there: "Bear onrament with beads. A beaded bear lip ornament used by the Innu, possibly as a charm, collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo. Turner recorded that the ornament originated from the Little Whale River. He apparently believed that the ornament was made from the skin of a brown bear (Ursus arctos), writing: "These mementos are procured with great difficulty from the hunter who has risked his life in the struggles attending the capture of these beasts, for the barren-ground bear of that region is nto a timid creature like the Black Bear; and unless the hunter is well prepared for the animal he would do well to let it alone" (Turner 1894: 275)."

From card: "Pinkish steatite in form of a hatchet, with base tapered to a thin-edge on bottom. Decorated with 2 rows of incised cross-hatching. Attached by cord from hole in base to the short wood stem. Gift of David Loutitt, 1932."

From card: "Individual hollow ends of bear claws fitted into each other to form small diameter rings. These are used by the natives as charms (collected, 1933)."

Accession record notes that items in this collection were "found in ancient Huron Indian Graves"

From card: "Gift of Edw. Namekus, 1934. Top section of the skull of a young caribou, with hair and beginning horns. It is hung on a tree to honor the caribou."