Context (Related Documents)
See photocopy of Manning's notebook, current location unknown.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Worked ivory handle.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Expectation Point was excavated by T.H. Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in spring 1938.
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1942). ‘Remarks on the Physiography, Eskimo and Mammals of Southampton Island’. Canadian Geographical Journal, vol. 25. pp 17-35
Event Date 1942
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Ivory handle, possibly for a double-edged knife. Proximal end has three drill holes in longitudinal grooves, tapering to shaft; straight cut shaft with rectangular cross-section; butt end terminates with symmetrical oblique projections and a central drill hole. Evidence of material loss at the butt end.
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Analysis)
Appears to match the illustration of a double-edge / double-bladed knife handle by BOAS (1907) in ‘Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. XV, Part II', pp 404, Fig. 202 (b).
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason