Tipatshimuna 
Description:
Fur stretcher made of wood. The animal fur is stretched over the board to hold it taut and keep it from shrivelling or shrinking as it dries.
References:
Peter Armitage La Romaine fieldnotes 1982. Lynn Drapeau. 1999. Dictionnaire Montagnais-français. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Innu Narrative:
“Shitshipitaikan – stretching board for marten, otter, lynx, fox, and muskrat. It is made out of black spruce or white spruce. The wood must be dried.” – Shimun Michel and Manian (Ashini) Michel
Other Info:
For stretching and drying the skins of fur-bearing animals such as marten, mink, weasel, muskrat, fox, otter, and lynx. The size of the board varies depending on the type of skin to be dried. Some boards are single piece (e.g. muskrat), while others consist of three pieces – two exterior boards with a wedge that is jammed up the middle to force the skin tightly apart.
“The muskrat are skinned starting by making incisions around the leg and by the anus. The fur is then pulled inside out, torn away from the meat, up and over the skull. Late this afternoon, around 5:00 pm François Bellefleur cut some thin planks out of spruce and stretched 2 muskrat furs on these boards and tacked the end in place. He picked or scraped off spare bits of fat or meat attached to the fur underside. The 2 furs are now hanging from the centre roof beam as are 4 salted, slit trout and 2 pairs of socks. Uatshashku shitshipitaikan (muskrat stretching frame).” Peter Armitage (La Romaine fieldnotes, 6 October 1982)
“François Bellefleur made a stretching board for the mink…using his special carving [crooked] knife and the small plane.” Peter Armitage (La Romaine fieldnotes, 14 October 1982)
“After approx. 12 hours of drying on ceiling remove from hanging place, pull out nails with fingers, remove threat (both these latter items stored away for future use. Pull out centre triangle-shaped board and then 2 side boards. Fur must now be turned fur-side-out. To do this, it must be made more pliable because after it is dry it is very much like thin, stiff cardboard. Wiggle fur back and forth between hands making sure not to tear the skin. Special care must be exercised with the head portion – quite delicate. When fur sufficiently loosened up, pull right-side-out starting at tail end. Hang fur from ceiling to dry further.” Peter Armitage (La Romaine fieldnotes, 18 October 1982)
Drapeau lists shitshipatshikan as “cheville de bois (wooden board).”