Description (Physical description)
Bone sled fragment
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)
?Part of a sled. Large perforation at one end. There are two notches either side of the perforation, ?for binding. Large section has been cut out from one edge, leaving a piece of bone at the end.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
This handle or haft resembles a maul handle shown lashed to a stone maul in Plate 32c of McCullough, Karen M., 1989. The Ruin Islanders: Thule culture pioneers in the Eastern High Arctic. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. The description has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 26/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Bone handle, possibly for a sling, knife or snow beater. Length of bone with one end narrowed with right-angled butt; opposite end is cut at a shallow angle, with a large oval perforation and two notches, presumably for lashing.
Event Date 26/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring