Beamer
Gallery Location
Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
Maker
Northern Ojibwa
Medium
Caribou bone
Geography
Weagamow Lake, Ontario, Canada
Date
1950s
Dimensions
34.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm
Object number
959.50.168
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Indigenous Americas
Description
The beamer is made from moose or caribou leg bones (metacarpals and metatarsals) that have been split lengthwise. The longitudinal edge of the split bone is sharpened with a file. The skin is draped over a beaming log and the edge of the beamer is drawn along the skin like a spoke shave to remove the hair and epidermal layer.
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