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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« For skinning beaver and other animals, a bone skinning tool was used. Of the four specimens in the Speck collection, one, collected in the Kiskisink settlement, is made from a transversally cut bear's leg bone beveled at the working edge (fig. 4i). The other three are moose leg bones, two of which are cut transversally and have beveled, serrated working edges (fig. 4h); the third also has a beveled edge but is not cut (fig. 4g). Although these particular specimens are undecorated, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) notes that similar implements had ceremonial associations and were thus sometimes carved or perforated according to motifs received in dreams. Game and fur-bearing animals were believed to derive satisfaction from having their pelts removed with leg bone skinning tools (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). »
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 4h, i et g (p.32)

Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Pour dépouiller le castor et les autres animaux, un outil à dépouiller en os était utilisé. Des quatre spécimens de la collection de Speck, celui provenant du campement de Kiskisink est fait à partir de la coupe transversale d’une jambe d’ours biseauté à l’extrémité travaillée (fig. 4i). Les trois autres sont faits d’os de jambe d’orignal, dont deux sont coupés transversalement et sont biseautés, avec des extrémités travaillées en dents de scie (fig. 4h) ; le troisième a aussi une extrémité biseautée, mais n’est pas coupée (fig. 4g). Même si ces spécimens en particulier ne sont pas décorés, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) a noté que des instruments similaires avaient des associations cérémonielles et étaient donc parfois sculptés ou perforés selon les motifs reçus lors des rêves. Le gibier et les animaux à fourrures étaient perçus comme ayant de la satisfaction à voir leur peau enlevée par des outils à plumer en os de jambe. (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). »
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 4h, i et g (p.32)

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