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.
Access Rights
Open access
License
Protected by copyrights
Contributor
Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)
Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish (description)
Date Modified
2025-03-27
Identifier
MdlC75-1093