Accession No
Z 46148.35
Description
Ivory point or tool. Length of ivory with square cross-section, tapering to a point at one end; slightly narrowed towards the other end and cut across the width of the tool; yellowed surface with some orange to red areas.
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 46148.35; A35 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
107mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Ivory point or tool
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: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Ivory point or tool. Length of ivory with square cross-section, tapering to a point at one end; slightly narrowed towards the other end and cut across the width of the tool; yellowed surface with some orange to red areas.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:27426
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