Object

Accession No

Z 46149.48

Description

Ivory point with a roughly plano-convex cross-section, tapering to a rounded point at one end and broken at the other end.

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 46149.48; B48 [Excavation No.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

?Ivory

Local Term

Measurements

46mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Point
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)
Broken at one end.
Event Date 31/1/2001
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Ivory point with a roughly plano-convex cross-section, tapering to a rounded point at one end and broken at the other end.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver

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