Accession No
Z 45382.1
Description
Bone and metal arrow. Thin length of bone worked to a flat taper at one end with a slit cut in the other hafting a triangular metal arrowhead held in place with a metal stud.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; ?Admiralty Inlet
Period
Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [collector and donor]; Evalak [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45382.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Bone
Local Term
Measurements
19mm x 155mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached by string reads: 'Given to me by Jack. He got it from up the Inlet, [illegible] Evalak'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45382[.1-2]: 'Broken arrowhead and shaft with metal point.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
According to Rowley's label, this was given to him by Jack, who got it from Evalak. This was likely in July or August 1937.
Event Date 7/1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Metal point is an iron arrowhead fixed in a slim bone shaft which tapers at the end; the other object may part of a sled runner.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
Although Z 45281.1-2 was entered in the Z Register as being collected by Graham Rowley in 1936, when it was entered into the database the Source was given as Thomas Lethbridge. The label affixed to Z 45282.1-2 is written in Rowley's hand, make it clear that these were collected by Evalak and given to Graham Rowley. The 'Inlet' referred to in the label is very likely Admiralty Inlet, where other objects collected by Evalak and given to Rowley were from (see also 1950.489-495 and Z 14815). The Source field, Place and Field Collection have been updated accordingly.
Event Date 22/10/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bone and metal arrow. Thin length of bone worked to a flat taper at one end with a slit cut in the other hafting a triangular metal arrowhead held in place with a metal stud.
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:27349
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