Accession No
Z 46148.33
Description
Socketed handle. Rectangular in shape with an open socket at one end for hafting a tool, the opposite end features a round perforation. A second smaller hole is present through the butt end of the handle and the entire surface is decorated in a series of linear incisions.
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 46148.33; A33 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
33mm x 104mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Knife handle
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)
Series of grooves running around the handle.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Socketed handle. Rectangular in shape with an open socket at one end for hafting a tool, the opposite end features a round perforation. A second smaller hole is present through the butt end of the handle and the entire surface is decorated in a series of linear incisions.
Event Date 19/9/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:27424
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