Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label attached reading in black ink: 'A.II.24.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Toy knife; Baleen
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)
Long blade which is curved at the bottom and straight at the top. The handle is decorated with notches on the area where it joins the blade and on the pommel end. There are two pieces of gut or sinew tied around 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

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 11/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
One miniature trailing point knife of baleen. Blade back slightly concave; cutting edge convex; hilt with squared pommel, decorated with two notches on either side; slightly tapered grip; horizontal guard, decorated with one notch on either side.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6105 | Freezing
Event Date 26/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan