« A pair of badly deteriorated winter boots is made of caribou skin with the hair on, taken from the region of the hock. The lower or foot portion of the boot consists of three pieces of skin, one fitting around the back and sewn down both sides of the foot, a second fitting over the instep and across the toes, and a third serving as the sole of the boot. The upper portion consists of four narrow, rectangular pieces of skin sewn together horizontally. The strips have been cut so that there is a fringe of white hair at the lower edge of each one. At the proximal end of the boot a narrow loop of tanned skin has been sewn to enclose a braided drawstring. This pair of boots appears to resemble somewhat the 'Teg-skin boots" described by Rogers (1967, pp. 58-59) as being worn by the Mistassini in spring for protection from melt water. However, the boots he describes usually reached only to the ankle while these clearly extend to the knees (fig. 30c). » 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.17, fig 30c (p.58).

Highly decorated and carved talking stick, or speaker's staff, accompanied by deer hooves (parts b-k). Stick has deeply incised figures (top to bottom) of a thunderbird with wings extended above head, a killer whale, a male wearing a spruce root hat and holding a long stick in his right hand and a rock(?) in his left hand, and a snake. A binding of leather with suspended deer hooves separates the killer whale and the male figure.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.