Description (Physical description)
Fish spear.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Site E, Grave 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)
The object is a bone point, at the end opposite the point a small section has been taken out and this end has been notched.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Foreshaft made from worked bone, possibly from a fishing spear. Elongated, cylindrical form with oval cross-section; distal end features a rounded tip with a blade shelf on one face and a transverse lashing groove on the obverse face; proximal end features a has a sloped, wedge-like profile. Object has been heavily bleached from sun exposure.
Event Date 27/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal