Accession No

Z 46221.12 B-C


Description

Two bone handles with side hafted blade slots. B has a triangular shaped handle with perforations at bioth ends, and a long flat shaft tapering to a slightly pointed tip and with a blade slot along its length. C is shorter and has a flat end with perforation, and blade slots along both long ends with gaps at intervals.


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 46221.12 B-C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Ivory


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 46221[.1-31]: 'Inuit artefacts'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46221.12 [A-C]: 'Bone handles (large knives)'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated or collected by Graham Rowley, likely in 1937 or 1939.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


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)
Two bone handles with side hafted blade slots. B has a triangular shaped handle with perforations at bioth ends, and a long flat shaft tapering to a slightly pointed tip and with a blade slot along its length. C is shorter and has a flat end with perforation, and blade slots along both long ends with gaps at intervals.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


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