Bone gauge

Name (French):
Name (Innu):
Date Collected:	unknown
Institutions:	The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number:	III-B-91
Place Made:	unknown
Maker:	displayed as example of Naskapi domestic equipment
Collector:	unknown

Description:

Shin, rectangular piece of bone, slightly curved and used to mend netting or material. Slightly stained with red and green paint.

References:

James W. VanStone. 1982. The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture From the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Fieldiana, Anthropology New Series No.5.

Innu Narrative:

Sheshin (Rich) Rich, Pinashue Benuen and Pinamen (Rich) Katshinak reported that they had not seen this object before.

Other Info:

“The mesh of a net was held to a constant size with the aid of a mesh gauge, one of which occurs in the collection. It is a thin, rectangular piece of birchwood with beveled edges and a short handle.” VanStone (1982:7)