Description (Physical description)
Bone; Worked; Fragment
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)
Description for Z 46184.75 [A-D]: 'Originally record stated four worked fragments of bone. Two are, in fact, wood and one is ivory and one is narwhal tusk. The piece of ivory has been worked to form a shaft with a ?blade at one end. It is roughly paddle-shaped with plaited baleen tied around one end. One of the wood fragments is a fish spear, with a groove for the ivory barb and marks for the binding.'
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 ivory, wrapped in the centre with a braided band of baleen; possibly a gull hook, but lacking a groove for the barb. Ivory with to blunt ends and one side with a flat convex bulge. Yellow surface coloration.
Event Date 15/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2024.6044 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 15/10/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer