Accession No
Z 46183.37
Description
Tool with wooden handle and ivory point. The wooden shaft is long with square cross-section, tapering slightly to the blade point. A thin, cylindrical ivory point is bound tightly to one face with baleen or leather fibre.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Strathcona Sound; Avartoq [Akbahtok]
Period
?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46183.37; A.I.19 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Ivory; Leather; ?Baleen
Local Term
Measurements
141mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Wooden handle bound to bone point with leather
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
House I. Excavated by Graham Rowley in July 1937. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/4).
Event Date 7/1937
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
Description (Physical description)
Tool with wooden handle and ivory point. The wooden shaft is long with square cross-section, tapering slightly to the blade point. A thin, cylindrical ivory point is bound tightly to one face with baleen or leather fibre.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Amendments / updates)
This collection was previously entered as from '?Southampton Island' and collected by Graham Rowley in 1936. However, they correspond to those excavated by Rowley in 1937 at the site of Avartoq [Akbahtok], Strathcona Sound, drawings of which are in his excavation notebook (XA/1/39/4). The Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 4/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:26840
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