Mokotakin

Title: Mokotakin
Creator: William McBride
Subject: Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts); Tool
Spatial Coverage: Timiskaming (Témiscamingue) - Notre-Dame-du-Nord
Famille: McBride
Description: Crooked knife for the left hand. A metal blade curved at one end, the other end of which sinks into a wooden handle and is held in place by rope wrapped around the handle.

Crooked knife, owned by Uncle William and inherited by Charles McBride. His wife, who sold it to Mrs. Webber, considers it an heirloom.

Also used to smoothen and carve wood, for example to make canoes.
Format: Object
Étendue: Length: 28 cm
Matériaux: Wood (Mitik); Metal (Piobik); Twine
Technique de fabrication: Carved; Forged; Tied
Titre antérieur: Crooked knife [Musée de la Civilisation]
Title replaced by the Anicinabemowin term.
Source: https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10502
Contributor: Musée de la Civilisation (sharing); Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish (description)
Date Modified: 2025-03-27
Access Rights: Open access
License: Protected by copyrights
Identifier: MdlC75-1093

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