Object

Accession No

Z 46148.44 A

Description

Small bone knife handle or harpoon foreshaft. Length of bone with oval cross-section, cut at a sharp angle at one end; the other end rounded and with a groove for lashing, with a plano-convex cross-section.

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 46148.44 A; A44 A [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Bone

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Description (Physical description)
Bone handled knife

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)
Short length of bone, slanted one end, the other end has a cutaway section, with a groove, ?for lashing on a blade.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Small bone knife handle or harpoon foreshaft. Length of bone with oval cross-section, cut at a sharp angle at one end; the other end rounded and with a groove for lashing, with a plano-convex cross-section.
Event Date 25/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

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