Object

Accession No

Z 46148.42 B

Description

Iron knife with bone handle. Knife blade with rounded tip and squared end without tang; set into a bone handle with an iron rivet; handle has a rectangular cross section, with a triangular butt; shallow groove along butt, with a perforation at the end nearest the blade. Blade and rivet are rusted.

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 46148.42 B; A42 B [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Iron; Bone

Local Term

Measurements

217mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with bone handle
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

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)
Long iron knife blade, secured to a bone handle with iron rivet.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with bone handle. Knife blade with rounded tip and squared end without tang; set into a bone handle with an iron rivet; handle has a rectangular cross section, with a triangular butt; shallow groove along butt, with a perforation at the end nearest the blade. Blade and rivet are rusted.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

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