powder horn
Item number 1927.1734 . 176353 from the The Field Museum.
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Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Une large corne à poudre de Kiskissink est fermée au niveau de l’extrémité distale par une pièce de bois gravée de cercles et d’une croix et tenue en place par une paire de clous. À l’extrémité proximale se retrouve une cheville de bois entourée d’une pièce de tissu. La bandoulière est faite d’une pièce de feutre robuste de feutre bordée sur les deux côtés avec du tissu de coton. »
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.12, fig 21a (p.49).
Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« A large powder horn from Kiskisink is closed at the distal end with a piece of wood carved with circles and a cross, held in place with a pair of nails. At the proximal end is a wooden plug wrapped in a piece of cloth. The strap is a piece of heavy wool felt edged on both sides with cotton cloth (fig. 21a). »
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.12, fig 21a (p.49).
Item History
- Made in Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
What
- Name
- powder horn
- Identification Number
- 1927.1734 . 176353
- Type of Item
- powder horn
- Material
- “plain powder horn; sling made of canvas and brown cloth” ?
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
- Corne à poudre
- Matériaux
- corne à poudre entière; courroie faite de canevas et de tissu brun
- Ethnic Group
- Montagnais
- Collection
- Lake St. John Objects
- Provenience
- North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John
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