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This ancestor is an awl, mgoos, made from steel and bone. Off-white in colour, the bone handle on the awl is from a joint socket, as identified by its ovoid hole, and has a steel needle inserted. This ancestor's handle has two perforated holes, two engraved slashes

This ancestor is an emkwaan, or spoon, possibly made from maple, of a red-brown colour with light polishing. The spoon is long and flat, with a curve at the spoon's base. This ancestor has a projecting ledge at its top, which holds a carved barrel

This carved catlinite pipe bowl is red-brown in colour, with a cylindrical shaped faceted bowl. This ancestor's neck is elongated and constricted, and has a small triangular-sectioned base pierced at the bottom, which GRASAC researchers suggest is shaped similarly to a Mi'kmaq style bowl. There

This ancestor is a pipe bowl made from sedimentary stone. This ancestor is dark brown in colour, L-shaped with grooved bands under the rim and end, and has a rectangular fin on the top surface of the item. A red mark and pencil inscription are

This ancestor is a mookjigan, a crooked knife, made from wood, steel, and commercial twine. Red brown in colour, the wooden handle is highly finished and has an elbow bend with a carved animal finial motif. The front of the animal figure has a break

This catlinite pipe bowl is red in colour, with a lead inlay of two serrated bands and a linear band around the upper bowl. This relative has a diamond shaped netted grid of lead inlay on the end of the base, and five dots of