Divination object

InscriptionsWritten on paper bag of the skull "2365A, l'outre"; written on box (post cranial skeletal) "2365 patte de l'outre"

Date 1940-1945

Medium / Technique Otter skull

Dimensions3.5 x 8.4 x 10.1 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Ceremonial Objects - Religious Objects

CultureIndigenous: Eeyou; Innu

Geocultural Area Eastern Subarctic

Origin Lake Mistissini area?, Quebec, Canada

Object NumberM998.10.59

DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects

CreditGift of M. Jérôme Rousseau Ph.D.

Status

Not on view

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