Accession No
Z 46184.90
Description
One oblong piece of worked wood with one end, roughly square in cross section, tapering into blunt tip with a tightly wrapped strip of baleen that appears to be knotted at one point. Other end partly wedged with broken off tip. Surface partly covered with a black sticky substance.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Strathcona Sound; Avartoq [Akbahtok]
Period
?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46184.90; Unnumbered
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Baleen
Local Term
Measurements
182mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Worked wood with baleen binding; Worked
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
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 wood with one end, roughly square in cross section, tapering into blunt tip with a tightly wrapped strip of baleen that appears to be knotted at one point. Other end partly wedged with broken off tip. Surface partly covered with a black sticky substance.
Event Date 21/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2024.6074 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 24/10/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer
FM:27196
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