Paint sticks

Name (French):	instruments à peindre
Name (Innu):	peshanikaiashkᵘ / peshaikanashkua
Date Collected:	1920-1931
Institutions:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Catalog Number:	Left to right: 31-7-58; 30-3-148; 30-3-151
Place Made:	Labrador
Maker:
Collector:	Labrador

Description:

Bone paint sticks to make three parallel lines for decorating caribou clothing, equipment and accessories. The bone handles are carved with decorative shapes and notches.

References:

For a discussion of Innu painting tools, refer to Lucien Turner, Ethnology of Ungava District (1894/2001:296-298), and Dorothy Burnham, To Please the Caribou (1992:39-41).