Accession No
Z 46222.8 A-H
Description
Length of leather with seven bone, ivory, and antler objects strung along it. A is the length of leather, tied in one knot at one end, and three knots at the other end. B is an ivory float, tapering to one end, with a groove before the end, and a groove along the length. C is an ivory tool with a large perforation at one end and a smaller perforation below, tapering at the other end, possibly an unfinished harpoon head. D is a bone tool with a circular cross-section which is perforated at one end and tapers to a point at the other end, with a wide shallow groove before the taper, possibly a wound plug. E is a piece of sawn-off bone, threaded through the centre, with a small perforation through the side. F is a bone toggle, roughly oval-shaped with two perforations. G is a piece of sawn-off bone, threaded through the centre, with a small perforation through the side. H is a fragmentary antler tool, possibly a handle, with three perforations along the length, and flaring at one end.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Cumberland Sound; Kingrait Fjord
Period
Inuit
Source
Manning, Thomas Henry [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46222.8 A-H
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Ivory; Antler; ?Leather; ?Hide
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Handle; Toggle; Thong; harpoon
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
3 discs of bone (2 with one perforation and one with 1 perforation), 2 possible harpoon heads (one with perforation and a notch around half way down and the second with 2 perforations), one piece of worked bone with one notch running the length and another running round it and a piece of piece of worked bone with 3 perforations, two complete and the third broken out - all suspended on a leather strap.
Event Date 31/1/2001
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Length of leather with seven bone, ivory, and antler objects strung along it. A is the length of leather, tied in one knot at one end, and three knots at the other end. B is an ivory float, tapering to one end, with a groove before the end, and a groove along the length. C is an ivory tool with a large perforation at one end and a smaller perforation below, tapering at the other end, possibly an unfinished harpoon head. D is a bone tool with a circular cross-section which is perforated at one end and tapers to a point at the other end, with a wide shallow groove before the taper, possibly a wound plug. E is a piece of sawn-off bone, threaded through the centre, with a small perforation through the side. F is a bone toggle, roughly oval-shaped with two perforations. G is a piece of sawn-off bone, threaded through the centre, with a small perforation through the side. H is a fragmentary antler tool, possibly a handle, with three perforations along the length, and flaring at one end.
Event Date 18/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:27318
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