Natalino Piugattuk: That [Natalino talks about the two harpoon-like objects on the table] was used for fishing in lakes, on the ice. It's a tuuq [in inuktitut], a chisel.
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It's made from an antler with a blade. It's bladed.
It would be black if made from the same stone as the one used to make an ulu [in inuktitut].
It has a blade. It's used only on lakes. If the ice is two-feet
thick, it becomes very difficult to make holes.
With the chisel, you gently pick away at the ice.
You pick holes on the ice, for fishing.
This was also used to pick and dig into the ice to collect water.
They are both chisels. It would have been okay for
either one to be brought here. When the ice is just forming and is still thin,
the fish... spend some time in shallow areas.
When it thickens they will move to the deeper end.
The chisels were very appreciated, to pick and dig into the ice
while it is still thin, while the fishes are in shallow areas and are visible.
People enjoy fishing.
Exactly the same way with the nets today,
if we are to put up nets, we need chisels.
We need chisels to work with nets.
Even if we are no longer jigging and now netting,
we always need a pick. That's the way it is.
