pack strap
Item number 1927.1734 . 176317 from the The Field Museum.
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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« The collection contains two tumplines which, among the Mistassini, were used primarily during the summer to carry canoes and supplies and to pack game (Rogers, 1967, p. 114). Both specimens are made of tanned moose skin. The longest is 655 cm in length and consists of three pieces: two narrow strips of approximately the same length and a wider lenticular shaped piece sewn in the center with twine. This wider section, which would pass across the forehead when the tumpline was in use, is 6 cm wide in the center. The second tumpline is slightly more than half as long as the previously described specimen and is made from one piece of skin which widens in the center to a width of 3.5 cm (fig. 32j). »
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.18, fig 32j (p.60).
Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« La collection contient deux colliers de portage que les Mistassins utilisaient principalement durant l’été pour transporter des canots et des provisions et pour empaqueter le gibier (Rogers, 1967, p. 114). Les deux sont faits de peau d’orignal tannée. Le plus long mesure 655 cm de longueur et est fait de trois pièces : deux bandes étroites d’approximativement la même longueur et une pièce lenticulaire plus large cousue au centre avec de la ficelle. Cette section plus large de 6 cm de largeur au centre devait passer sur le front quand le collier de portage était en utilisation. La longueur du second collier de portage mesure légèrement plus de la moitié que le spécimen décrit précédemment et est fait à partir d’une pièce de peau qui s’élargit au centre à une largeur de 3,5 cm (fig. 32j). »
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.18, fig 32j (p.60).
Item History
- Made in Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
What
- Name
- pack strap
- Identification Number
- 1927.1734 . 176317
- Type of Item
- pack strap
- Material
- moose skin
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Field Museum
- Made in
- Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Other
- Nom De L'objet
- Collier de portage
- Matériaux
- peau d'orignal
- Ethnic Group
- Montagnais
- Collection
- Lake St. John Objects
- Provenience
- North America, Canada, Labrador, Lake St. John
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