fur cap

Item number 1927.1734 . 176396 from the The Field Museum.

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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« A man's hat is made from a strip of lynx fur sewn to a heavy cotton lining. On the top is an ornament made from a piece of a woodchuck's tail which, according to Speck, serves as a charm worn by the hunter when he goes out to cut birch bark for making a canoe. »
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.16.

Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Le chapeau d’un homme est fait d’une bande de fourrure de lynx cousue à une doublure de coton robuste. Sur le dessus se trouve un ornement fait d’une partie de la queue d’une marmotte qui, selon Speck, servait d’amulette que portait le chasseur quand il sortait pour couper de l’écorce de bouleau pour fabriquer un canot.»
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.16.