Description (Physical description)
Wood and ivory fish barb with baleen binding
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'A.II.13.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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)
Point is wood and the barb is ivory.
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)
Wooden spear point with ivory barb attached by a baleen thread. Wooden spear tapering into pointed tip; other end broken off and missing. One smaller ivory barb ending in a pointed tip is aligned against the spearhead and attached to the wood by tightly wrapped threads, probably made of baleen. Ivory with yellow surface coloration.
Event Date 11/10/2024
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