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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'A.II.32'.
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)
Original record describes this as a harpoon head. However, it is a flat piece of bone, tapering to a point at one end and expanding to a bulbous end pierced with two holes at the other.
Event Date 2/3/2001
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 oblong piece of worked bone. Rectangular in cross section tapering into a blunt tip at one end; distal end bulbous with two horizontally aligned circular holes. Sooting all over as well as reddish dark brown surface coloration.
Event Date 15/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung