Accession No
1950.493 B
Description
Bone bead or toggle. Plano convex shape; hollow cylindrical centre; flattened ends. Two sides with circular perforations.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Admiralty Inlet
Period
?Dorset ?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [collector and donor]; Evalak [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.493 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Tooth; ?Fox Tooth; Sinew
Local Term
Measurements
14mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card (1950.489) notes: 'Given to G.W. Rowley by an Eskimo (Evalik [or Evalak]) in Admiralty Inlet. Said to have come from a site on the mainland, opposite Yeoman Island.' This would likely have been in July or August 1937.
Event Date 7/1937
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.493 A-B: 'A: four teeth (?fox), perforated for threading as a necklace. One has a bit of sinew thread still in position. B: bone bead or toggle of plano convex section. One hole runs longitudinally. Two other holes, one on the flat underside and a small one on the side.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Bone bead or toggle. Plano convex shape; hollow cylindrical centre; flattened ends. Two sides with circular perforations.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: J. Dack
FM:320096
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