Tipatshimuna 
Description:
Helmet shaped bonnet made from pieces of caribou skin, a central head piece and two ear parts, sewn together with sinew. Edge of bonnet ornamented with parallel stripes of blue and red paint. Seams of central head piece painted with stripes bordering zig-zag red lines that enclose blue criss-cross lines. A blue star-shaped figurine ornaments each ear part while inside of bonnet is stained with paint. Two skin thongs (approximately 7.5″ long and 1/3″ wide) are sewn to the front of the bonnet.
References:
MacKenzie Shoebox dictionary 2003. Alika Podolinsky Webber. Canadian Museum of Civilization. Coll. (III-X-42M). Field Notes from N.W.R. and Davis Inlet, Labrador (Naskapi), 1960-62. B170R f.8. Nutshimiu-atusseun. nd. Akuanutin Nutshimiu-aimun. Sept-Iles: Centre de formation Nutshimiu Atusseun.
Innu Narrative:
“This is akuniskueunish (small hat). This is uassakuniskueun (child’s hat). This is how it was made.” Munik (Gregoire) Rich
Other Info:
MacKenzie lists akunishkuen as “hat” and shatshimeu as “mosquito.”
Nutshimiu-atusseun shows a diagram of a child wearing one of these bonnets; labelled shatshimeu-akunishkuen (p.42). The bonnets are put on young children to protect their heads and necks from the ravaging bites of black flies and mosquitoes.
Alika Podolinsky Webber collected a couple of these bonnets during her fieldwork in the Davis Inlet (Natuashish) area in 1961. “Baby’s hat worn against flies, Akuaniskueou, caribou skin, made by Charlotte Poker [and] old Pokue’s wife” (fieldnotes, 7 July 1961).