Accession No
Z 46149.35
Description
Ivory arrowhead. Cylindrical head with blunt ends; one end has a flat rectangular loop extending outwards.
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 46149.35; B35 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
25mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46149.35 and TEMP.03045: 'Artefact; Carving'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Site B. 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: Esther Laver
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46149.35 and TEMP.03045: 'Two pieces of bone, found bagged together. One is not marked. The unmarked object is a small piece of ivory, broken at one end, remains of drilled hole across the break. The marked object is a piece of ?ivory, pierced at one end. The pierced end is narrow, it then tapers sharply out, to form a cylinder.'
Event Date 31/1/2001
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Ivory arrowhead. Cylindrical head with blunt ends; one end has a flat rectangular loop extending outwards.
Event Date 19/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:27498
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