Accession No
Z 46221.10 B
Description
Knife formed from one bone. The blade end has a round tip and gaps in the centre, possibly to accommodate a blade; the other end has a perforation and short handle, terminating in a projecting butt end with deep incised line.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; ?Baffin Island; ?Mellville Peninsula; ?Pingilkulik
Period
?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [?exavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46221.10 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
187mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46221.10 [A-B]: 'Knife with blades.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 46221[.1-31]: 'Inuit artefacts'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Excavated or collected by Graham Rowley, likely in 1937 or 1939.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46221.10 [A-B]: 'One, the shorter, with handle and blade formed from a complete piece of bone and the other with an antler handle and possible ivory blade, held together by a bone or ivory peg.'
Event Date 19/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (References)
Rowley, G. (2007). Cold Comfort: My Love Affair with the Arctic. 2nd edition. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Event Date 2007
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Analysis)
The Place information ‘Pingilkulik’ comes from labels in Rowley’s hand, which is difficult to read. This place is not listed in his 2007 autobiography and there doesn’t appear to be any reference to it in any of the excavation notebooks held by MAA. It is possible that documentation relating to it will be found at a later date.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Knife formed from one bone. The blade end has a round tip and gaps in the centre, possibly to accommodate a blade; the other end has a perforation and short handle, terminating in a projecting butt end with deep incised line.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:320133
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