Object

Accession No

Z 46149.44

Description

Bone spatula. Flat and subrectangular, tapering slightly at one end and flaring slightly at the other. One face is decorated with parallel notches.

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 46149.44; B44 [Excavation No.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Bone

Local Term

Measurements

45mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Bone; Spatula
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)
Notched on one surface. ?Baleen.
Event Date 31/1/2001
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Bone spatula. Flat and subrectangular, tapering slightly at one end and flaring slightly at the other. One face is decorated with parallel notches.
Event Date 19/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver

FM:27506