Skin winder

Title: Skin winder
Creator: Irène Jérôme
Subject: Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts); Tool
Spatial Coverage: Kitcisakik (Grand Lake Victoria)
Famille: Jérôme
Description: Piece of wood half-open at one end.

Used to make hare-skin blankets. These were cast in strips, then wound around the skin winder. In winter, the strips were hung outside, swelling and becoming bushy. The blanket was then woven.
Format: Object
Étendue: Length: 19 cm ; Width: 1.2 cm ; Height: 0.6 cm
Matériaux: Wood (Mitik)
Technique de fabrication: Carved
Date Created: 1975
Source: https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10541
Contributor: Musée de la Civilisation (sharing); Pikogan Elders Committee (description)
Date Modified: 2025-03-27
Access Rights: Open access
License: Protected by copyrights
Identifier: MdlC75-1132

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