The Mackenzie Inuit Whale Bone Industry: Raw Material, Tool Manufacture, Scheduling, and Trade

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Betts, Matthew W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Mackenzie Delta region; Inuvialuit; Mackenzie Inuit; bone tools; bowhead whale; reduction sequence; whaling; scheduling; trade; tool production; région du delta du Mackenzie; inuit du Mackenzie; outils en os; baleine boréale; séquence de transformation; chasse à la baleine; emploi du temps; commerce; réalisation d’outils; Baleine; la Baleine; Mackenzie Delta; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; inuit; inuits; McKinley Bay; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63300

The bones of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were used by Mackenzie Inuit groups in producing a number of items essential to transportation and procurement. However, the whale bone industry, and its relationship to Mackenzie Inuit economic and social systems, is poorly understood. A recently exc...