Accession No
Z 46153.90
Description
Knife blade made from ivory, the tip broken off and missing; possibly the blade of a snow knife. Slightly curved profile with a flattened, lenticular cross-section; sides taper slightly toward rounded tip; base is straight and perforated along its length with three circular lashing holes for affixing the blade to a handle.
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 46153.90; E90 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
107mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Tool.
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)
Flat piece of ivory, with three perforations at one end and the beginnings of one at the other end. Two of the perforations have soil present.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Knife blade made from ivory, the tip broken off and missing; possibly the blade of a snow knife. Slightly curved profile with a flattened, lenticular cross-section; sides taper slightly toward rounded tip; base is straight and perforated along its length with three circular lashing holes for affixing the blade to a handle.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:27624
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