Object

Accession No

Z 46157.5 B

Description

Ivory point. With one flat face and one round, the tip is missing and the butt end has been broken off on a perforation.

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 46157.5 B; K5B [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ivory

Local Term

Measurements

33mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Point
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
Site K. 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: Clare McKenna

Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Tip broken off. The other end has been broken of using the drilling technique, leaving a serrated edge.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ivory point. With one flat face and one round, the tip is missing and the butt end has been broken off on a perforation.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

FM:27717