Description (Physical description)
Harpoon socket.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Ivory harpoon socket. Good condition.
Event Date 30/1/2001
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
This collection (Z 46215) was entered into the register as collected by Graham Rowley from '?Southampton Island' in 1936. However, the way that the objects are marked (e.g. M56) is not typical of Rowley's sites, which usually include a Roman numeral and further numbers. Instead, it seems more consistent with Thomas Manning's numbering systems, but they lack the handwritten labels that usually characterise his collections. If this collection was excavated by Manning then it would likely have been during the 1936-1939 British Canadian Arctic Expedition on either Southampton Island or Baffin Island. There is a collection (Z 46180) excavated by with an identical numbering system (e.g. M10), tentatively from Expectation Point, Southampton Island, however that has Manning's labels, are not marked in the same way, and there are some duplicate M numbers between the two idnos, making it unlikely that Z 46215 is from the same site. Therefore, until the excavator and site can be securely confirmed, the Source field has been updated to tentatively list Manning and the Place field to include both Southampton Island and Baffin Island.
Event Date 16/10/2024
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ivory harpoon with mottled yellow, orange and brown colouring. It has a rounded tip with perforation and lashing band on one face, the other face broken off at the blade slit. It has a long bridge with large transverse line hole, closed socket and pair of spurs, one of which is bifurcated.
Event Date 18/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna