Description (Physical description)
Fish barb, wooden and bone with baleen binding
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'A.II.20.'
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)
Wood point with an ivory barb fastened with baleen.
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 bone barb attached by a baleen thread. Wooden spear tapering into pointed tip; other end thinner and shortly after barb truncated. One smaller hollow bone barb ending in a pointed tip is aligned against the spearhead and attached to the wood by tightly wrapped threads, probably made of baleen. Bone 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