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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