whetstone Item Number: 1927.1734 . 176433 from the The Field Museum
Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Crooked knives were sharpened on whetstones, fine-grained beach pebbles of which there are two in the collection (fig. 3j). »
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 3j (p.31).
Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Les couteaux croches étaient aiguisés sur des pierres à aiguiser, des cailloux de plage à grain fin, qu’on retrouve au nombre de deux dans la collection (fig. 3j). »
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 3j (p.31).
Item History
- Made in Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
What
- Name
- whetstone
- Identification Number
- 1927.1734 . 176433
- Type of Item
- whetstone
- Material
- yellow sandstone pebble
Who
- Culture
- Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Field Museum
- Made in
- Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Other
- Collection
- Lake St. John Objects
- Nom De L'objet
- Pierre à aiguiser
- Matériaux
- caillou de grès jaune
- Ethnic Group
- Montagnais
- Provenience
- North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John