Accession No
Z 46153.6
Description
Object made from worked ivory, possibly a fitting or a brace for a hafted blade. Plano-convex cross-section; straight sides; one end rounded, the other squared; four circular perforations arranged longitudinally along the centre of the object, grouped in two groups of two; the two holes of each group linked by a shallow, longitudinal groove on the rounded surface; flat face of object features a shallow shelf, transverse at the rounded 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 46153.6; E6 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
53mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Fitting.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Site E. Excavated by Thomas Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1938.
Event Date 08/1938
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: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Small piece of ivory with two sets of two holes drilled through it, each pair opening to a single slot on the other side.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Object made from worked ivory, possibly a fitting or a brace for a hafted blade. Plano-convex cross-section; straight sides; one end rounded, the other squared; four circular perforations arranged longitudinally along the centre of the object, grouped in two groups of two; the two holes of each group linked by a shallow, longitudinal groove on the rounded surface; flat face of object features a shallow shelf, transverse at the rounded end.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:27546
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