Inuit Bone Tools

 

Whalebone sled runner segment before conservation (FeAx-3:179; 5 cm scale)

 

 

 

Whalebone sled runner segment, made ca. 1950s in Triangle, St. Michael’s Bay (courtesy I. & E. Turnbull)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whalebone segment with incisions at both ends and drill holes (FeAx-3:163; before conservation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whalebone section that has been gouged and cut (FeAx-3:193; before conservation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whalebone harpoon with iron endblade. Style Thule Type 5 (FeAx-3:157; before conservation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ivory dowel with decorative incisions. (FeAx-3:156)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M. Stopp, The St. Michael’s Bay Archaeology Project and Southern Labrador Inuit Research (2013).