Accession No

Z 46148.56


Description

Bone harpoon foreshaft, point or tool. Length of bone with circular cross-section, cut at a sharp angle at one end with tool marks clearly visible; 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 46148.56; A56 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

282mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Bone
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 piece of bone. One end slanted, the other end has a cutaway section one side, with groove for lashing on the other side.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa


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


FM:27449

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