A tea doll is a traditional

Innu The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for ' mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to ...

doll that served both as a children's toy and as a cache of tea. Known as Innikueu in Innu, the dolls were stuffed with tea that could be recovered and used by hunters in times of need. The dolls were carried by the children of hunters, to save weight on the hunt. Once the tea had been consumed, the doll was re-stuffed with grass or leaves.

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{{reflist Traditional dolls Innu culture