Accession No
Z 46153.111
Description
Object made from worked ivory, possibly a pendant or tool. Flattened, lenticular cross-section; lateral edges convex; one end tapers towards a narrow, point terminal perforated at its centre with a circular hole; other end truncated by a transverse row of circular perforations, snapped through their centre, leaving a denticulated edge; one face of object features a longitudinal, medial groove.
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 46153.111; E111 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
59mm
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 which at one end tapers down to a small ?tang where there is a small perforation. The other end has been broken off using the drilling technique leaving the remains of a serrated edge. There is soil and plant material adhering to the object.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Object made from worked ivory, possibly a pendant or tool. Flattened, lenticular cross-section; lateral edges convex; one end tapers towards a narrow, point terminal perforated at its centre with a circular hole; other end truncated by a transverse row of circular perforations, snapped through their centre, leaving a denticulated edge; one face of object features a longitudinal, medial groove.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:27642
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