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Item number 1927.1734 . 176391 from the The Field Museum.

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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« A pick made from a bear bone is crudely sharpened at one end (fig. 5b). Speck indicates that it was used to punch holes in meat which was to be smoked and preserved for making pemmican. Such holes open up them eat, allowing the smoke to penetrate. »
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.8, fig 5b (p.33)

Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Un pic , qui est fait d’un os d’ours, est grossièrement aiguisé à une extrémité (fig. 5b). Speck a indiqué qu’il était utilisé pour percer des trous dans la viande qui allait être fumée et préservée pour en faire du pemmican. De tels trous ouvraient la viande, permettant à la fumée de pénétrer. »
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.8, fig 5b (p.33)