Object

Accession No

Z 46153.49

Description

Piece of worked ivory, possibly an 11-toothed comb. Sub-rectangular form with a lenticular cross-section; one long edge terminated by a transverse break bisecting 11-12 circular perforations; the other edge terminated by a jagged break.

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 46153.49; E49 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ivory

Local Term

Measurements

55mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Artefact.
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)
Flattened piece of ivory where one end has been broken off using a drilling technique.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Piece of worked ivory, possibly an 11-toothed comb. Sub-rectangular form with a lenticular cross-section; one long edge terminated by a transverse break bisecting 11-12 circular perforations; the other edge terminated by a jagged break.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

FM:27583