Accession No

Z 46153.133


Description

Fragment from a doubled-edged blade made from bifacially worked, dark grey coloured slate, the upper section including the tip broken off and missing; possibly a harpoon end-blade or scraper. Sub-triangular blade with flattened, lenticular cross-section, terminated midway up its length by a slanted transverse break; flat ground bifacial cutting edges; straight butt end; two circular perforations arranged longitudinally at blade’s centre, one bisected by the slanted 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 46153.133; E133 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Slate


Local Term


Measurements

64mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Scraper.
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)
One hole has been drilled through, roughly in the centre. The object has broken along a second perforation.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Fragment from a doubled-edged blade made from bifacially worked, dark grey coloured slate, the upper section including the tip broken off and missing; possibly a harpoon end-blade or scraper. Sub-triangular blade with flattened, lenticular cross-section, terminated midway up its length by a slanted transverse break; flat ground bifacial cutting edges; straight butt end; two circular perforations arranged longitudinally at blade’s centre, one bisected by the slanted break.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:27658

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