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Translation Of Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« La fabrication de raquettes parmi les Indiens du Lac-St-Jean et de Mistassini a été décrite avec beaucoup de détails par Lips (1947, pp. 69-77) et Rogers (1967, pp. 91-101). »
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.
« Un écarteur servait à maintenir l’espace de l’orteil ouvert pendant que la partie centrale du soulier était lacée. La collection contient un seul spécimen, provenant de la bande de Natashquan, qui consiste en est un morceau de bois de bouleau étroit et mince avec une encoche à chaque extrémité (fig. 32 e). »
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 32e (p.60).

Citations From Vanstone (1982) Article

« The manufacture of snowshoes among the Lake St. John and Mistassini Indians has been described in considerable detail by Lips (1947, pp. 69-77) and Rogers (1967, pp. 91-101). »
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.
« A spreader was used to hold the toe hole open while the center section of the shoe was being laced. The collection contains a single specimen from the Natasquan band which is a narrow, thin piece of birchwood with a notch at each end (fig. 32e). »
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 32e (p.60).

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