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1900.65.8

Stone blade with ivory handle; excavated from a grave

1900.65.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone blade with ivory handle; excavated from a grave
Long description
Ancient skin-dresser with stone blade and ivory handle with two indentations for the fingers. [El.B 24/02/2012]
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region [Baffin Island] Cumberland Sound unnamed grave
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Edmund James Peck
Field collector Church Missionary Society
PRM source Edmund James Peck
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Ground
Dimensions
Depth: max 23 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.65.8

Search terms: Tool, Death, Religion, Scraper, Grave Good

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