baby sack
Item number 1927.1734 . 176401 from the The Field Museum.
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Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Parmi les Mistassiniens, les nourrissons de moins d’un an étaient généralement gardés dans ce que Rogers (1967, pp. 62-63) appelle un « porte-bébé » et Speck (1930, fig. 105, p. 417) l’identifie comme un « porte-bébé » La collection contient un seul « porte-bébé » qui est fait d’une pièce rectangulaire de peau de faon arrondie à l’extrémité du bas et qui est doublée avec du tissu de coton vert. Cet échantillon , qui semble petit, est peut-être un modèle. Des longueurs de doublures en peau d’orignal sont cousues sur les côtés longs et à l’extrémité distale arrondie à environ 4 cm d’intervalle, formant une série de boucles. Une autre longueur de doublure est insérée à travers les boucles pour que les côtés puissent sefermer ensemble après que le nourrisson soit placé dans le « porte-bébé ». Au-dessus se trouve une bande rectangulaire de tissu de coton vert où est cousue une paire de boucles de peau d’orignal pour l’ajustement d’un collier de portage (fig. 29d). »
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.17, fig 29d (p.57).
Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Among the Mistassini, infants under a year were generally kept in what Rogers (1967, pp. 62-63) calls a "moss bag" and Speck (1930, fig. 105, p. 417) illustrates as a "baby sack." The collection contains a single baby sack, a rectangular piece of fawn skin rounded at the lower end and lined with green cotton cloth. This specimen, which seems small, may be a model. Lengths of moose skin line are sewn to the long sides and rounded distal end at approximately 4 cm intervals forming a series of loops. Another length of line is inserted through the loops so that the sides can be drawn together after the infant was placed in the sack. At the top is a rectangular strip of green cotton cloth to which are sewn a pair of moose skin loops for the adjustment of a tumpline (fig. 29d). »
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.17, fig 29d (p.57).
Item History
- Made in Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
What
- Name
- baby sack
- Identification Number
- 1927.1734 . 176401
- Type of Item
- baby sack
- Material
- “green cloth; fawn 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
- Porte-bébé
- Matériaux
- tissu vert; peau de faon
- Ethnic Group
- Montagnais
- Collection
- Lake St. John Objects
- Provenience
- North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John
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