Hunting charms of the Montagnais and the Mistassini (1921)
Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950, Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 · New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 16
ormation allow the Lake St John band,or Pikwagami, to be classed as one; theChicoutimi, Tadousac, and Escoumainsbands as another; the Bersimis as an-other, and so on eastward, band afterband, the rest awaiting more attentionbefore they can be grouped. The three specimens of nimaban de-scribed below… … HUNTING CHARMS 11 The nimaban shown in pi. i was usedfor a bear hunt, and is made of well-tanned moose-skin. In form it closelyimitates a pack-strap, and in fact itsymbolizes one. The wide part is boundon the upper edge with a red silk ribbon,and on the lower one with a similarribbon of green. The…
Montagnais Indians · Mistassin Indians · Charms
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