Description (Physical description)
Baleen
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)
Long thin piece of baleen. There is a short handle, the blade is serrated on both sides. There are six pieces of sinew tied around the harpoon at various intervals.
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 oblong thin knife of baleen with serrated blade and slightly off centred handle. Double edged blade with straight serrated sides ending in a pointed tip; short handle with squared end. Baleen strip peeled into at least two parts, held together by transverse threads of unknown material.
Event Date 21/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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