Accession No
Z 46148.65 B
Description
Iron knife with bone handle. Double-edged, angular knife blade tapering to a slightly rounded tip; set into a slot in the handle and secured with lashing; four lashing holes in handle, arranged in angled pairs within a groove; butt of handle is flat; possible intentional scoring along one side of the handle. Blade is rusty.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Foxe Peninsula; Nuwata
Period
?Inuit Modern ?19th Century ?20th Century
Source
Manning, Thomas Henry [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46148.65 B; A65 B [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; ?Steel; Bone
Local Term
Measurements
200mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
European knife blade and handle
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)
With bone handle.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with bone handle. Double-edged, angular knife blade tapering to a slightly rounded tip; set into a slot in the handle and secured with lashing; four lashing holes in handle, arranged in angled pairs within a groove; butt of handle is flat; possible intentional scoring along one side of the handle. Blade is rusty.
Event Date 26/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:27459
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