Accession No
1950.494.7
Description
Worked point, possible bone or antler. Round butt with lozenge shape cross section; terminates to smooth circular cross section with curve that tapers to pointed tip. Brown colouration.
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
1950.494.7
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Bone; ?Antler
Local Term
Measurements
65mm
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)
Seven small, bone points, some broken
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Worked point, possible bone or antler. Round butt with lozenge shape cross section; terminates to smooth circular cross section with curve that tapers to pointed tip. Brown coloration.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: J. Dack
FM:320098
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