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Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Among the most highly decorated items in the Speck collection are six roll-up sewing bags used by women to hold needles, thread or sinew, and other sewing materials. All are approximately rectangular in shape and have three pockets or compartments. Since each is quite distinctive, they will be described separately.
The most elaborately decorated bag has strips of white fox fur sewn on cotton lining to form the lower half of each pocket, while the upper halves are of alternate strips of red and black wool felt. The back is of blue patterned cotton cloth and the entire bag is trimmed with purple cotton tape. A non-functional white button is sewn in the center of each pocket and loops of seed beads in a variety of colors are sewn along the edges with additional beaded decoration on the upper halves of the pockets (fig. 16b). »
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.10, fig 16b (p.44).
« The four roll-up bags that have just been described were collected among the Natasquan band. The remaining two bags, from Lake St. John, are made entirely from cloth. »
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.11, fig 16b, 17b et c, 18c (p.44).
« Speck (1935, pp. 190-191) has noted that for the Montagnais, the symbolic pictorial representation of a plant or animal was equivalent to the actual plant or animal and those portrayed were believed to come under the control of the individual human spirit. Dreams played a major part in suggesting the relationship between specific animals or plants and an individual. The spirit was strengthened by having its dream promptings obeyed and success in subsistence activities was thereby assured. »
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.10.

Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« Parmi les objets les plus prodigieusement décorés dans la collection de Speck se retrouvent six sacs roulés à couture, utilisés par les femmes pour ranger les aiguilles, le fil ou les tendons et autres matériaux de couture. Tous ont une forme approximativement rectangulaire et ont trois poches ou compartiments. Comme chacun est plutôt distinctif, ils seront décrits séparément.
Le sac dont la décoration est la plus élaborée comporte des bandes de fourrure de renard blanc cousues sur la doublure de coton, ce qui forme la moitié basse de chaque poche, tandis que les moitiés du haut sont faites de bandes de feutre de laine rouge et noire qui s’alternent. L’endos est fait d’un tissu de coton à motifs bleus et le sac entier est bordé avec du ruban de coton mauve. Un bouton blanc sans fonction est cousu au centre de chaque poche et des anneaux de petites perles d’une variété de couleurs sont cousus le long des rebords avec d’autres décorations de perles sur la moitié haute des poches (fig. 16b). »
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.10, fig 16b (p.44).
« Les quatre sacs roulés qui viennent juste d’être décrits ont été collectés parmi la bande de Natashquan. Les deux autres sacs restants proviennent du Lac-Saint-Jean et sont faits entièrement en tissu. »
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.11, fig 16b, 17b et c, 18c (p.44).
« Speck (1935, pp. 190-191) a noté que pour les Montagnais, la représentation symbolique picturale d’une plante ou d’un animal était équivalente à la plante ou à l’animal en question et ils croyaient que les sujets de ces représentations se retrouvaient sous le contrôle de l’esprit humain de l’individu. Les rêves jouaient un rôle majeur en suggérant des liens entre une personne et certains animaux ou certaines plantes spécifiques. L’esprit était renforcé lorsque les conseils exprimés par les rêves étaient suivis et le succès des activités de subsistance était alors assuré. »
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.10.

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