Accession No

Z 46148.24


Description

Bone point. Curved length of thin bone worked to a fine point at one end and a rough, flat taper at the other.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Foxe Peninsula; Nuwata


Period

?Dorset ?Thule ?Inuit


Source

Manning, Thomas Henry [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 46148.24; A24 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

190mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Bone Point
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Site A. Excavated by Thomas Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1938.
Event Date 8/1938
Author: maa


Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1943). ‘The Foxe Basin Coasts of Baffin Island.’ The Geographical Journal, vol. 101(5/6). pp. 225-251.
Event Date 1943
Author: Aedan Jones


Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Bone point. Curved length of thin bone worked to a fine point at one end and a rough, flat taper at the other.
Event Date 19/9/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:27415

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