Accession No

Z 45380.1


Description

Flint arrowhead or spearhead. Bifacially worked; triangular blade; flat, rectangular tang, flaring slightly at the base. Grey and brown stone with natural rippling.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Melville Peninsula; Ugliarjuk [Ugliasuk]


Period

Inuit


Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45380.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

71mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note found with objects in Graham Rowley's hand reads: 'House Uglasuk'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45380[.1-2]: 'Two projectile heads'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Found at a house at Ugliarjuk [Ugliasuk] by Graham Rowley, likely in early 1937.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45380.1-2: 'Two projectile heads; one of slate, possibly a harpoon head (see Dumond - Ekimos and Aleuts, p.148), triangular with one hole drilled just above a corner; the other of grained brownish grey and white flint (the pattern not unlike a heavily grained piece of wood), possibly a ?spearhead, roughly a flat heart-shape, with a tang.'
Event Date 2/2/2001
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Flint arrowhead or spearhead. Bifacially worked; triangular blade; flat, rectangular tang, flaring slightly at the base. Grey and brown stone with natural rippling.
Event Date 24/10/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:27347

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