Description (Physical description)
Harpoon head
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

Description (Physical description)
Ivory harpoon head with baleen strands wrapped around it.
Event Date 20/2/2001
Author: Esther Laver

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: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Ivory ice scratcher, to imitate the sound of seals. Terminating at one end with four triangular prongs; tapering at the other end, and terminating in a slot for a handle, with a perforation through both faces; perforation through both sides near the slot end; two pairs of perforations through the top face, and a pair of perforations through each side, all with two lengths of baleen threaded through.
Event Date 3/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver

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 3/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver