spear model Item Number: 1927.1734 . 176456 from the The Field Museum
Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Shorter, lighter versions of this spear were used for taking beaver and the collection contains the shaft of a model beaver spear; the point is missing. The shaft is round and 60.2 cm in length with a slit in the distal end into which the point would have been fitted. Narrow creases in the wood indicate that the point was held in place with sinew. »
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.6.
Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article
« Des versions plus légères et plus courtes de cette lance étaient utilisées pour attraper des castors et la collection contient la hampe d’un modèle de lance à castor; la pointe est manquante. La hampe est ronde et mesure 60, 2 cm de longueur avec une fente à l’extrémité distale dans laquelle la pointe devait être placée. Des stries étroites dans le bois indiquent que la pointe était tenue en place avec du fil de tendon . »
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.6, fig 2 (p.30).
Item History
- Made in Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
What
- Name
- spear model
- Identification Number
- 1927.1734 . 176456
- Type of Item
- spear model
- Material
- horn
Who
- Culture
- Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Field Museum
- Made in
- Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Other
- Nom De L'objet
- Hampe de lance
- Matériaux
- corne
- Ethnic Group
- Montagnais
- Collection
- Lake St. John Objects
- Provenience
- North America, Canada, Quebec, Labrador, Lake St. John