Object

Accession No

Z 46153.141

Description

Thin piece of bone, one edge cut using a line of circular perforations, snapped through their centre.

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 46153.141; E141 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Bone

Local Term

Measurements

50mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Bone.
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)
Thin plate of bone, one end has been cut using a drilling technique which has left a serrated edge along one side.
Event Date 1/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Thin piece of bone, one edge cut using a line of circular perforations, snapped through their centre.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

FM:27665