OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST. GLASS, AARON EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2011, Publisher: BARD GRADUATE CENTER

« 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. » 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 17c (p.45). « A smaller and less ornate bag also has strips of white fox fur ornamenting the lower halves of the pockets, much of which has deteriorated, revealing a cotton lining underneath. The upper halves of the pockets are alternating black, red, and blue strips of wool felt and the specimen is trimmed on the sides with purple cotton tape; the upper and lower edges have narrow strips of light green tape and the back is a single strip of black wool felt. There are loops of seed beads sewn to each side and beaded designs on the upper halves of the pockets (fig. 17c).» 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 17c (p.45). « 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).