Fire tongs

Name (French):	unknown
Name (Innu):	nishkuteu-mishtikᵘ / atasseikanashkᵘ
Date Collected:	unknown
Institutions:	The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number:	III-B-80
Place Made:	unknown
Maker:	displayed as example of Naskapi domestic equipment
Collector:	unknown

Description:

Thongs consisting of two lengths of wood, rounded, curved at end and grooved at other end. Joined by rawhide tong wrapped and knotted around grooves.

References:

James W. VanStone. 1985. Material Culture of the Davis Inlet and Barren Ground Naskapi: the William Duncan Strong Collection. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Fieldiana, Anthropology New Series No.7.

Other Info:

“For use with an open fire, there is a pair of fire tongs made of birchwood which shows no indication of use. Each piece is flat on the inner surface and the two pieces are tied together at the end with babiche” – VanStone (1985:23).James W. VanStone. 1985. Material Culture of the Davis Inlet and Barren Ground Naskapi: the William Duncan Strong Collection. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Fieldiana, Anthropology New Series No.7.