Notes

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."