Accession No
Z 46153.142 C
Description
Fragment of flat, light grey-brown coloured stone with one corner squared; blackened on one face; possibly parts of a qulliq (lamp), cooking vessel or kettle.
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 46153.142 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Sandstone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Plaque; lamp.
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)
Some evidence of burning remains on the object.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of flat, light grey-brown coloured stone with one corner squared; blackened on one face; possibly parts of a qulliq (lamp), cooking vessel or kettle.
Event Date 27/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:27668
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