Accession No

Z 46148.39


Description

Fragment of worked and polished bone. Flat piece of sub-rectangular lamellar bone with raised ridge on rear; two edges rounded and polished, others appear snapped or cut.


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 46148.39; A39 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

60mm


Events

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)
Flat piece of ivory, with thin, raised area.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of worked and polished bone. Flat piece of sub-rectangular lamellar bone with raised ridge on rear; two edges rounded and polished, others appear snapped or cut.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:27430

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