Mikos

Title: Mikos
Creator: Thomas Damase
Subject: Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts); Shelter; Tool
Contemporanéité: Related to an ongoing practice, as it was
Famille: Damase
Description: Piobik (metal) inserted in a cylindrical birchwood handle. This tool is used to drill holes in moose, bear or beaver hides to make shelters and blankets. Moose hide is ideal for shelter construction, as it is very thick and waterproof. The wood used to make the awl handle comes from birch, a tree of great importance to the Anishinabek. By being transformed into a tool, the birch fulfills its responsibility to humans, who in turn bring it to life.
Tool also used to drill holes in the birchbark to make canoes.

This type of tool was probably used as early as the 17th century, when communities had access to metal.
Format: Object
Étendue: Length: 18.8 cm ; Width: 3 cm
Matériaux: Wood (Mitik); Birch (Wikwasatik); Metal (Piobik)
Technique de fabrication: Carved
Date Created: 1965
Titre antérieur: Awl [Musée de la Civilisation]
Title replaced by the Anicinabemowin term.
Source: https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10501
Contributor: Musée de la Civilisation (sharing); Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish (description)
Date Modified: 2025-03-27
Access Rights: Open access
License: Protected by copyrights
Identifier: MdlC75-1092

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