Object

Accession No

Z 46148.48

Description

Ivory harpoon head. Carved from ivory with an end blade slot and second slot perpendicular to this; single line hole with a closed socket and spur. Second spur and part of socket broken and missing.

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 46148.48; A48 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ivory

Local Term

Measurements

55mm

Events

Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

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
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ivory Harpoon head
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

Description (Physical description)
Part of harpoon, with slit to take blade, plus further slit at right angle.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ivory harpoon head. Carved from ivory with an end blade slot and second slot perpendicular to this; single line hole with a closed socket and spur. Second spur and part of socket broken and missing.
Event Date 25/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

FM:27441