Accession No
Z 46156 A
Description
Large iron harpoon head. Pointed tip; one side barbed with rounded edge; the other side flat, with a long slot with a square piece of iron lodged in it and two opposing circular perforations; up-curving pointed end. One face with a pattern form by circular indented marks, area of surface loss on the other face.
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 46156 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
182mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Harpoon. European Iron.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave F. Excavated by Thomas Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1938.
Event Date 8/1938
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: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Object resembles a large harpoon head, flat along the bottom edge, curving up to form a barb. There is a slot along this edge, with a square piece of iron lodged in it.
Event Date 12/6/2001
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Large iron harpoon head. Pointed tip; one side barbed with rounded edge; the other side flat, with a long slot with a square piece of iron lodged in it and two opposing circular perforations; up-curving pointed end. One face with a pattern form by circular indented marks, area of surface loss on the other face.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:27709
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