Accession No
Z 46184.40
Description
One tear-shaped piece of worked bone, possibly a tent toggle or swivel. One transversely drilled circular hole at thinner end; at right angle to this hole a larger one with bevelled edges at the wider rounded end. Brown surface coloration.
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 46184.40; A.II.13 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
58mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
?Tent Toggle
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)
There are two holes perpendicular to each other.
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 tear-shaped piece of worked bone, possibly a tent toggle or swivel. One transversely drilled circular hole at thinner end; at right angle to this hole a larger one with bevelled edges at the wider rounded end. Brown 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
FM:27146
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