Accession No
Z 46184.92
Description
Three short strips of baleen, one folded twice, another placed in a small loop, the third folded once with a curved fringed end and a straight fringed end.
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 46184.92; Unnumbered
Cultural Affliation
Material
Baleen
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Baleen; Fragment
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)
Three short strips of baleen, one folded twice, another placed in a small loop, the third folded once with a curved fringed end and a straight fringed end.
Event Date 21/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6105 | Freezing
Event Date 26/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
FM:27198
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