Accession No

Z 46157.14


Description

Two connecting pieces of burnished stone, likely part of a qulliq (lamp) or cooking vessel. With a slightly thickened rim and grooved line below, it is flat and grey with a burnished exterior, there is a perforation on one side and another in the opposite corner.


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 46157.14; K14 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Sandstone; Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
One piece has been labelled both K5 and K14. It is possible it was part of K5 / suffix .5 but then was found to fit with the sherd marked K14 and added to this suffix instead.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Plaque, lamp
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)
Two pieces found. One perforation in each plaque. Groove at one edge of one piece.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Two connecting pieces of burnished stone, likely part of a qulliq (lamp) or cooking vessel. With a slightly thickened rim and grooved line below, it is flat and grey with a burnished exterior, there is a perforation on one side and another in the opposite corner.
Event Date 20/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:27726

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