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Start Over Collection place Great Whale River, Quebec, Canada Culture or time period Northern Algonquian tribes
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-56529a,b, described as Coiled, round basket. (a) Base, coiled grass, cloth ribbon inserts for design. (b) Lid, coiled grass, soapstone handle.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Buzzer, accession number 2-56533a-d, described as Buzzer; two wood grips attached to caribou astragalus with sinew; a) astragalus, width 6 cm.; b) wood grip, length 8.7 cm.; c) wood grip, width 9.5 cm; d) extra sinew. Buzzer passed from person to person while it is whirling.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-56532a,b, described as Game; ball and cup game. (a) Base; caribou antler and bone with marten tail. Length 24 cm. including tail. (b) Pin of bird bone and sinew cordage. Length 7 cm. Used by anyone but more a man’s game; each cup has points; 10-100 points depending on distance to tail.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Leather mittens, accession number 2-56543a,b, described as Mittens, a pair; commercial leather; fur cuffs and band; “duffle” wool lining; Four-petal floral pattern in clear, blue and red glass trade beads; length each 41 cm. Native name: iss-tah-shits.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-56540a,b, described as Moccasins with cotton cloth tops; deerskin bottoms, white cotton cloth boot-like tops with commercial trim included, rickrack within stripes, blue and green yarn ties; length 24 cm each, height 34 cm each. Worn by women in warm weather; use of design is done in traditional manner i.e. borders, rickrack. Native name and meaning: "Misschin; miss, big; sschin, thing that you hold gets tired.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-56528, described as Necklace of blue and gold glass trade beads; full length 90 cm. Worn at dances, feasts by women; also tourist item.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-56524a,b, described as Necklace with round slide; a) tubular necklace of blue glass beads with red tassels; length as worn 40 cm.; b) slide, red and blue glass beads, diameter 3.9 cm. Worn on dressy occasions (dances) by men and women; also tourist item.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 2-56511, described as Pin with two pendant model moccasins; buckskin with flannel; beadwork and thread ornamentation; safety pin for fastener; length 10.5 cm. Tourist item worn as pin by women.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-56536b, described as Snowshoe
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-56536a, described as Snowshoe

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