Bundle of needles

Name (French):	aiguille à tricoter
Name (Innu):	assimatanikanapishkua
Date Collected:	unknown
Institutions:	The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number:	III-B-95
Place Made:	unknown
Maker:	displayed as example of Naskapi domestic equipment
Collector:	unknown

Description:

Set of four long, thin bone needles without eyes (possibly knitting needles) tied together with skin thong.

References:

Lynn Drapeau. 1999. Dictionnaire Montagnais-français. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l’Université du Québec. MacKenzie Shoebox dictionary 2003.

Innu Narrative:

“In the past, knitting needles were made also. They were made out of any metal, and this is before people had knitting needles.” Pinamen (Rich) Katshinak

These are asimatanikeapiskua (knitting needles) – Munik (Gregoire) Rich.

“These look like asematanikeapiskua (knitting needles).” Sheshin (Rich) Rich

Other Info:

Drapeau (1999) lists mitashiapiu-assikuman as “broche à tricoter” (knitting needle), assimatam as “il tisse qqch (he weaves something),” and assimataikan as “tricot (knitting).”

MacKenzie lists assimatanikeapishkᵘ as “knitting needle.”