Snowshoe needle
date: label: Date created
content: 1920-1930
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mistassini Cree
label: Previous owner
content: Charlie Metawashish (Charley Metowe'cic/M8toroécic), Mistassini Cree
label: Seller
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Charlie Metawashish (Charley Metowe'cic, Mistassini Cree); collected from him in December 1929 or January 1930 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1930.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Lake Saint John (Lac Saint-Jean); Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean Region; Québec; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Mistassini Cree
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/9778
label: Barcode
content: 169778.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
label: Indigenous Term
content: amákwa
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Snowshoe needle
label: Media/Materials
content: Bear bone, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Carved, perforated