Description (Physical description)
Ivory knife 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)
Harpoon head, originally called a knife handle.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ivory harpoon head. Angled head with end blade slot and rivet or peg hole; partial peg inside hole; transverse line hole with grooves towards the spurs; circular cross-section closed socket with two angled lashing holes meeting at a single point on the other side; double symmetrical spurs.
Event Date 26/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring