Accession No
1950.436 B
Description
Antler point. Worked into a point on both ends with one barbed and the other straight. Possibly a fishook.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Foxe Basin; Melville Peninsula; Avvajja [Abverdjar]
Period
Dorset
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]; Innuksuk, Aipiluk [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.436 B; 798 [excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Antler
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham W. Rowley in 1939
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Rowley, Graham. (1940). 'The Dorset Culture of the Eastern Arctic'. American Anthropologist, vol. 42. pp. 490-499
Event Date 1940
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Barbed antler point. Possibly an arrowhead.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:286946
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