Plate

Name (French):	assiette
Name (Innu):	atushpuakan / nashiet
Date Collected:	unknown
Institutions:	The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division
Catalog Number:	III-B-11
Place Made:	unknown
Maker:	unknown
Collector:	Richard White

Description:

circular plate made of bone, with raised edges providing a shallow depressed central area. Bottom of plate worked to acquire a rough flat surface which has been marked with use.

References:

MacKenzie Shoebox dictionary 2003.

Innu Narrative:

“We call this atushpuakan – a plate. People made that too.” Pinashue Benuen

“The bones must be used too, because the plates were made out of antlers .” Matinen (Rich) Katshinak.\

Other Info:

MacKenzie lists unakan and atushpuakan as “plate, container, dish.” Verify identity and name of this object.