Wrap

Name (French):	couverte
Name (Innu):	atikuian
Date Collected:	1931
Institutions:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Catalog Number:	31-7-8
Place Made:	Labrador
Maker:
Collector:	Frank G. Speck

Description:

Baby’s wrap. Made from a complete animal skin (probably caribou as evidenced by the Naskapi word for the object, “ati’k” that refers to caribou). White tan skin with minor decorations in red and blue beads and wool tassels. Speck recorded the Naskapi name for the baby’s wrap as “ati kwi an.”