Bead loom

Name (French):	chose servant à enfiler des perles
Name (Innu):	tapikuan-mitishan / tapaikan-mitishan
Date Collected:	unknown
Institutions:	The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number:	III-B-84
Place Made:	unknown
Maker:	displayed as example of Naskapi domestic equipment
Collector:	unknown

Description:

Bead loom consists of a bow-shaped wooden frame with seven rawhide strings looped around one end, knotted around the other end, and twisted around frame.

Innu Narrative:

“This is for making beaded things. It’s a beading loom. It’s called tapukuan mitshan (bead loom). I only saw Matinen (Rich) Katshinak making designs with unamen and embroidery work. But I never saw her use a bead loom.” Pinamen (Rich) Katshinak

Other Info:

Innu name put in standard spelling by J. Mailhot and J. Bacon (9 February 2005).