Description (Physical description)
Fishing spear, single barb.
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)
Point of worked ivory, possibly part of a harpoon head or fishing spear. Plano-convex cross-section, tapering to a pointed tip; one edge sharp, presumably a cutting edge, the other flattened and bearing irregular transverse grooves. Base appears to have had a tang, now broken off and missing; tip may have had a barb on one side, now broken off and missing.
Event Date 29/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal