Bead loom

Name (French): métier à tisser les perles
Name (Innu): tapikuan-mitishan / tapaikan-mitishan
Date Collected: 1920-1930
Institutions: University of Pennsylvania Museum
Catalog Number: 30-3-144
Place Made: Labrador
Maker:
Collector: Frank G. Speck

Description:

Bead loom made from a curved piece of wood and babiche.

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