Mallet

Name (French): marteau, massue
Name (Innu): utamanikaniss / utamaikan
Date Collected: unknown
Institutions: The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number: III-B-176
Place Made: unknown
Maker: unknown
Collector: Richard White

Description:

Carved from a single piece of wood rounded on one surface, flat on the other. Elongated bottle shape.

References:

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

Innu Narrative:

“This is utamanikan (mallet)? It can be used for making niuanikeits (powdered meat).” Sheshin (Rich) Rich

“What is this? Is this utamanikeask or utamanikant (mallet)? This is what it is called . This is used for hitting the ball.” Pinamen (Rich) Katshinak

Other Info:

MacKenzie lists Utamaikan and utamanikeashkᵘ as “hammer; thing to hit with.”

MacKenzie lists niueikan and niuanikan as “powdered dried caribou meat.”

MacKenzie lists utamaikanashkᵘ as “hammer, handle, baseball bat, drum beater.”

Drapeau lists utamaikan as “marteau, massue (hammer, club).”