Accession No

Z 46183.70 A


Description

Tool with wooden handle and ivory point. The wooden shaft has a square cross-section and is partly missing. A thin ivory point is bound tightly to one face with sinew or plant fibre, wrapped many times around.


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 46183.70 A; A.I.53 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Sinew; Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

80mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46183.70 [B]: 'Fragment of wood peg or fitting'
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)
Description for Z 46183.70 [A]: 'Bone point mounted on a wooden handle attached with strips of baleen or fibre.'
Event Date 20/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


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 has a square cross-section and is partly missing. A thin ivory point is bound tightly to one face with sinew or plant fibre, wrapped many times around.
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


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