Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'U.II.31.'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Large adze handle of whale bone
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Hut 2. Excavated by Graham Rowley in August 1937. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/2).
Event Date 8/1937
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: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 46206 – Z 46220 were 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 Uluksan, Arctic Bay, drawings of which are in his excavation notebook (XA/1/39/2). The Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 1/10/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
One large handle made of bone. Roughly triangular in shape and rectangular in cross section with the widest part slotted to accommodate a blade; above it a rectangular hole in the centre; the upper, narrower end is designed as a handle with a knob-like truncated end and slightly convex sides that end with a transverse high ridge on one of the sides of the surface above which is a circular perforation. Reddish brown surface coloration with a few black, resin-like sticky spots on the surface.
Event Date 4/10/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung