3 Pronged Bone Implement for Painting Robes

a three-pronged bone implement for painting robes. Collected by Lucien McShan Turner from the Innu people at Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada. The Innu used fork-like sticks to paint complicated patterns on their clothing. Photographed prior to display in "Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely," a temporary exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in 2006.