« Also decorated with positive etched patterns are two comb cases, each a single folded length of bark sewn across two sides with spruce root. Both have suspension cords of moose skin, with small triangular tabs of bark at the ends, which served as cleaners for the combs (Speck, 1937, p. 65). The smaller tab is decorated with the figure of a beaver on one side and a bear on the other (fig. 5f). The larger tab has two fish on one side and a pattern of cross-hatched lines on the other (fig. 91). » 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.9, fig 5f (p.33), fig 9l (p.37). « Another set of nine patterns, which includes human forms, a fish, a canoe, and floral stencils, is described by Speck as having been used for bead and silk work (fig. 14). However, one of the patterns, that of a fish, was used on a previously described comb case (fig. 91). 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, fig 9l (p.37). « A characteristic feature of these baskets is the presence of etched designs on tops and sides. The primary method of producing this ornamentation is by laying cut-out birch bark design patterns on the surface and scraping away the dark inner bark everywhere except where the design has been traced with the point of a knife. The positive design thus stands out dark against a light background (Speck, 1937, p. 71). » 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.9.

« Also decorated with positive etched patterns are two comb cases, each a singlel folded length of bark sewn across two sides with spruce root. Both have suspension cords of moose skin, with small triangular tabs of bark at the ends, which served as cleaners for the combs (Speck, 1937, p. 65). The smaller tab is decorated with the figure of a beaver on one side and a bear on the other (fig. 5f). The larger tab has two fish on one side and a pattern of cross-hatched lines on the other (fig. 91). » 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.9, fig 5f (p.33), fig 9l (p.37). « Another set of nine patterns, which includes human forms, a fish, a canoe, and floral stencils, is described by Speck as having been used for bead and silk work (fig. 14). However, one of the patterns, that of a fish, was used on a previously described comb case (fig. 91). 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, fig 9l (p.37). « A characteristic feature of these baskets is the presence of etched designs on tops and sides. The primary method of producing this ornamentation is by laying cut-out birch bark design patterns on the surface and scraping away the dark inner bark everywhere except where the design has been traced with the point of a knife. The positive design thus stands out dark against a light background (Speck, 1937, p. 71). » 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.9.

« An oval piece of birch bark is identified as a head protector to be worn across the forehead under the tumpline. On the outer surface, which is the inner surface of the bark, are positive etched designs showing a bear and a beaver (fig. 26c). » 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.18-19, fig 26c (p.54).

« The collection contains two tumplines which, among the Mistassini, were used primarily during the summer to carry canoes and supplies and to pack game (Rogers, 1967, p. 114). Both specimens are made of tanned moose skin. The longest is 655 cm in length and consists of three pieces: two narrow strips of approximately the same length and a wider lenticular shaped piece sewn in the center with twine. This wider section, which would pass across the forehead when the tumpline was in use, is 6 cm wide in the center. The second tumpline is slightly more than half as long as the previously described specimen and is made from one piece of skin which widens in the center to a width of 3.5 cm (fig. 32j). » 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 32j (p.60).

« The collection contains two tumplines which, among the Mistassini, were used primarily during the summer to carry canoes and supplies and to pack game (Rogers, 1967, p. 114). Both specimens are made of tanned moose skin. The longest is 655 cm in length and consists of three pieces: two narrow strips of approximately the same length and a wider lenticular shaped piece sewn in the center with twine. This wider section, which would pass across the forehead when the tumpline was in use, is 6 cm wide in the center. The second tumpline is slightly more than half as long as the previously described specimen and is made from one piece of skin which widens in the center to a width of 3.5 cm (fig. 32j). » 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 32j (p.60).

« A gun case of heavy black wool felt is ornamented with a strip of serrated light brown cotton cloth sewn into the seam on the lower side. At the opening are strips of red and green wool felt and a strip of red cotton tape feather stitched with yellow yarn; a similar set of strips occurs at the center of the case. At the distal end a tassel of red, blue, green, and purple strips of silk and wool felt is sewn into the seam (fig. 19c). » 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 19c (p.47).

« A knife sheath, probably for an instrument with a metal blade, is made from a single piece of moose skin. A fringe of the same material has been sewn into the seam and there is a loop at the proximal end for attachment to a belt (fig. 5d). » 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 5d (p.33).