Fur And Bead Ornament Item Number: E90047-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Under lip of bear used for mole cases."Illus. p. 262 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 ornament. A bear lip ornament used by the Innu, possibly as a charm, collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo. It is unclear whether these are made from the skin of a black bear (Ursus americanus) or a brown bear (Ursus arctos)."
Item History
- Made in Quebec, Canada
- Collected by Lucien M. Turner in Quebec, Canada
- Received on January 9, 1884
What
- Name
- Fur And Bead Ornament
- Identification Number
- E90047-0
- Type of Item
- charm
Who
- Culture
- Innu and Naskapi
- Field Collector
- Lucien M. Turner
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Quebec, Canada
- Collected in
- Quebec, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 9, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 013922