Description (Physical description)
Bone Knife Handle
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Area Z. Excavated by Graham Rowley in June 1937. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/2).
Event Date 06/1937
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: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 46198 – Z 46201 and Z 46203 were entered into the Z register as from the site of Nuqsarnaq, presumably based on the excavation numbers, which all start with ‘N’. However they actually correspond to those objects excavated by Rowley in June 1937 at the site of Neawhatolik, Strathcona Sound, drawings of which are in his excavation notebook (XA/1/39/2). The Place field and Field Collection have been updated accordingly.
Event Date 9/10/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Knife handle made of bone, with area of loss at distal end. Roughly oval cross-section with faceted surface showing cut marks; straight sides taper slightly to rounded butt end; distal end broken on one side, with half of a circular perforation present; hollowed interior surface of distal end bears impression of a second perforation that would have existed on the broken off piece.
Event Date 26/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal