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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Wood-working tools in the Speck collection are represented by three crooked all with wooden handles and metal blades made from large kitchen knives. The hallmarks of English makers of cutlery occur on two blades. The faces of the blades within the bend and along the length of the same side are knives, sharpened. The handles form approximately half the total length and are made of birch wood. Two handles have a pronounced curve at the proximal end. One of these, hafted for a right-handed individual, has a shallow slot cut along one side of the handle to hold the proximal end of the blade, which is lashed in place with cord (fig. 4e). Another knife, for a left-handed individual, has a slit in the distal end of the handle into which the blade is inserted and lashed with cord (fig. 4d). The third knife has a handle which comes to an asymmetrical point at the proximal end and has a long slit for the blade, which is held in place with metal rivets (fig. 4a). The manufacture and use of the crooked knife among the Lake St. John and Mistassini Indians is described by Lips (1947, pp. 50-51) and Rodgers (1967, pp. 45-46, fig. 16, plate VIE-A). »
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.7, fig 4a ou d (p.32).
« The manufacture and use of the crooked knife among the Lake St. John and Mistassini Indians is described by Lips (1947, pp. 50-51) and Rodgers (1967, pp. 45-46, fig. 16, plate VIE-A). »
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.7.

Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Les outils pour travailler le bois, dans la collection de Speck, sont représentés par trois couteaux croches qui ont tous des manches de bois et des lames de métal faites à partir de gros couteaux de cuisine. Les sceaux des artisans anglais de coutellerie se trouvent sur deux lames. Les faces des lames dans la courbure et le long de la longueur du même côté sont aiguisées. Les manches font approximativement la moitié de la longueur totale et sont faits de bois de bouleau. Deux manches ont une courbe prononcée à l’extrémité proximale. L’un d’eux, attaché à la lame pour un individu droitier, comporte une fente peu profonde le long d’un côté du manche pour tenir l’extrémité proximale de la lame, qui est maintenue en place par une corde (fig. 4e). Un autre couteau, fait pour un individu gaucher, comporte une fente à l’extrémité distale du manche dans laquelle la lame est insérée et maintenue par de la corde (fig. 4d). Le troisième couteau a un manche qui se termine par une pointe asymétrique à l’extrémité proximale et comporte une longue fente pour la lame, qui est tenue en place par des rivets de métal (fig. 4a). La fabrication et l’utilisation du couteau croche par les Indiens du Lac-Saint-Jean et de Mistassini sont décrites par Lips (1947, pp. 50-51) et Rodgers (1967, pp. 45-46, fig. 16, plate VIE-A). »
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.7, fig 4a ou d (p.32).
« La fabrication et l’utilisation du couteau croche parmi les Indiens du Lac-St-Jean et de Mistassini sont décrits en détails par Lips (1947, pp. 50-51) et Rodgers (1967, pp. 45-46, fig. 16, plate VIE-A). »
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 31b (p.59). »

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