Object

Accession No

Z 46153.122

Description

Tanged arrow or spearhead made from bifacially worked, light grey coloured flint; the tip broken off and missing. Angular blade with a flattened, lenticular cross-section and a large, rectangular tang.

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 46153.122; E122 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Stone; Flint

Local Term

Measurements

63mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Arrowhead.
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)
Tanged arrowhead where the tip has broken off and is missing.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Tanged arrow or spearhead made from bifacially worked, light grey coloured flint; the tip broken off and missing. Angular blade with a flattened, lenticular cross-section and a large, rectangular tang.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

FM:27652