Crooked Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Charles McLaren
label: Donor Name
content: Charles McLaren
notes: label: Notes
content: Note in accession file: “This knife is the crooked knife of the Indians of Labrador peninsula. It is the principal wood-working tool known among the Nescaupies and the Montagnais and with it very fine work is done. It is made of an old file, obtained at a post of the Hudson Bay Company and was forged and tempered by the Indian from [whom] it was purchased. It is presented by Mr. Charles McLaren, the Agent of the Hudson Bay Company at North West River, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, through Mr. (Prof.) C.A. Kenaston."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Innu, Naskapi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 024973
label: USNM Number
content: E153046-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife