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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 religious respect and reverence for the bear."
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.
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. Dream catchers: legend, lore and artifacts. Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books.
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 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."
From card: "Gift of Mathew Cowboy, 1934. Brown and black feathered heads of green-winged teal, decorated with tassel of printed blue cloth. First of the seasons kill kept until next season for luck."