Accession No
1950.492 E
Description
Chert chip. Oval shaped, one end has pointed tip, other end is broken off.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island
Period
?Dorset ?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [collector and donor]; Evalak [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.492 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Chert; ?Basalt; ?Quartz; Chalcedony
Local Term
Measurements
17mm
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 1950.492 A-G: 'A-C: three small, ground and polished shafts of ?basalt, all broken. Use unknown. D: broken, chert point, pressure flaked on both surfaces. E & F: chert chip and ?quartz crystal. G: large flake of chalcedony, white with red bands.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Chert chip. Oval shaped, one end has pointed tip, other end is broken off.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: J. Dack
FM:320104
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