My internship in the Collections department at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, 2018 By: Camille Crevier-Lalonde My work as an intern as part of my course in applied museology at Montmorency College often consist of solving problems to support and display objects that may have specific requirements or restrictions. Making a mount is always about the …
COMING SOON TO AANISCHAAUKAMIKW! Staff Viewing Newly Loaned Artifacts from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A collection of James Bay Cree artifacts will be temporarily on exhibition at the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute. The artifacts includes: Two spectacular hoods, a pair of woman’s leggings, a wall pocket made of porcupine quill and a child’s bag. …
The first loan to Aanischaaukamikw from Europe was an 18th century Cree moccasin from the city of Zurich, Switzerland’s Nordamerika Native Museum. It was particularly important for the opening phase of our exhibition because it features fine porcupine quill work, a technique of decoration long ago replaced by beadwork and embroidery in this region. It …