Context (Related Documents)
Label formerly attached to object: 'WIa1'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of sled runner.

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
House Ia. Excavated by Graham Rowley, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1936. See archive for excavation notebook and correspondence (XA/1/23 and XA/1/8).
Event Date 1936
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
4 perforations at one end, large perforation in the centre, large notch at one end.
Event Date 2/3/2001
Author: Sophie Wardle

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: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Amendments / updates)
When this collection (Z 46216 – Z 46219) was registered, it had lost association with its excavation site and was tentatively listed as from Southampton Island. In March 1993 it was seen by Graham Rowley, who wrote a note on the box list reading: ‘I believe this material is what I dug on Walrus Island in August 1936’. The excavation number format, with the prefix of ‘W’, also appears to confirm this. Therefore, the Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Incomplete sledge runner made from bone. Approximately rectangular in shape. Curved cross-section. Semicircular notch in one end; four circular perforations at the other. On one face, these are contained within two sub-rectangular grooves. Large sub-rectangular perforation near centre of object. Mottled brown with an area of green coloration.
Event Date 13/9/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2024.6025 | Surface Clean
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer