Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'A.II.8'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Harpoon Head; Bone
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
House II. 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)
Not the usual kind of harpoon head. It consists of one, long, solid piece of bone with a roughly barbed point (two sets of two), bevelled on the upper surface and then cut away to a handle shape at the end, with a wide notch cut into the edge near the 'handle'.
Event Date 1/3/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
One piece of worked bone, possibly a sling handle or dog whip-stocks. One end is a knob followed by a well-formed hand grip with a longitudinal groove on one side for the fingers and as smaller but deep notch for the thumb on the upper edge as well as a convex and bevelled lower edge. The distal half of the weapon is plano-convex in cross-section and tapers towards the distal end where two symmetrical notches for the lashing have been cut into each side. Brown surface coloration.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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 9/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung