Object

Accession No

Z 46148.40

Description

Bone point. Small fragment of bone tapering towards a polished tip; appears snapped at the end; shaping marks visible.

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 46148.40; A40 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Bone

Local Term

Measurements

40mm

Events

Context (Related Documents)
Excavation No., A40, written on the back of a fragment of paper printed with 'SEUM (NAT. HIS.) / Time'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ivory 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: 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)
Bone point. Small fragment of bone tapering towards a polished tip; appears snapped at the end; shaping marks visible.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

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