Priest figure (part a) seated in a wooden chair (part b), carried on the back of a male figure (part c). The priest wears long brown robes, tied at the waist with a braided string. In his left hand he holds an open book, and in his right he holds a red wooden cross (part d). The priest has a long dark beard. The male figure has a long black robe and a white tie at the waist. In his left hand he holds a knife (part e) and in his right hand he holds a long staff (part f). The figure stands on a rectangular wooden base with leather loops (part g).

Male figure playing a trumpet. Male figure (part a) wearing long black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a trumpet (part b) in his right hand. His mouth is opened wide. The figure has a nylon string of seeds around his neck, alternating between white or red and black seeds. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure stands on a wooden platform (part c), which has two leather loops for footholds.

Drummer figure. Male figure (part a) wearing waist-length black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a drum stick (part b) in his left hand and a drum (part c) is hung over his shoulder. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure stands on a wooden platform (part d), which has two leather loop footholds.

Sanjuan Mask. Black rectangular-shaped face with slightly furrowed brow, round eye sockets, flat nose and a long, extended tongue. Large piece of animal skin nailed to forehead, which extends down back of mask in thin strips. Single hole drilled on each side of mask with a yellow string tied to. Back of mask is plain.

The felt is pink, blue, purple, and yellow. The bead is red, pink, green, brown, blue, white, black, and orange. The yarn is black. The thread is black, white, and red.

« The Montagnais-Naskapi believed that taking a sweat bath, like drumming, strengthened the will and "reinforced the soul spirit" of the individual (Speck, 1935, p. 212). The collection contains a model bathhouse from the Barren Ground band which is described in Speck's notes as being the "scene of a shaman's efforts." It consists of four narrow sticks of wood set in a wooden base and slanting toward one another at the top. Another strip is bent to circle the four at the top and lashed to them. This framework is covered with a strip of tanned caribou skin, the ends of which are sewn together with sinew (fig. 26a). The bathhouses of the Lake St. John Montagnais, the Mistassini, and the Naskapi of northern Labrador are all described as being dome-shaped and formed of poles thrust in the ground to form a circular enclosure (Speck, 1935, p. 212; Rogers, 1967, p. 14; Turner, 1894, p. 299). Rather than a bathhouse as Speck indicates, this specimen may be a model of a "shaking tent," a specially constructed lodge in which a shaman conversed with spirits (E. S. Rogers, personal communication). » 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.21.

« The manufacture of woven hare skin blankets by Indians of the Mistassini and Lake St. John bands is described in detail by Speck (1930, pp. 451-454), Lips (1947, pp. 42, 44), and Rogers (1967, p. 64, fig. 8, p. 40). Speck (1930, p. 454) notes that 100 skins were required for a blanket, while Rogers (1967, p. 64) states that a large blanket to be used by three people might comprise twice that many skins. These blankets were woven of narrow, twisted strips of hare skin on a three-pole frame by a coil netting technique in which the strip of skin was conveyed by a wooden or bone needle. The Speck collection contains two examples. The smaller, in poor condition, measures approximately 165 by 145 cm. The larger measures 220 by 152 cm and has short cloth ties at the four corners. It may have been worn as a robe. » 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.17.

« There are two pairs of moccasins in the Speck collection. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, N.o. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.16, fig 30a et b (p.58). « The second pair of moccasins, from Kiskisink, is made of tanned moose skin and lack tops.Like the previously described pair, these are "puckered" style moccasins and the bottoms have been extensively patched. There is no decoration on the tongue, but the upper edge of the bottom is edged with a light textured, multicolored cotton cloth (fig. 30b). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, N.o. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.16, fig 30b (p.58).