Description (Physical description)
Bone spear point.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in pencil '4'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Small brown envelope found with object reads: 'WI a4'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

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

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: Sophie Wardle

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)
Spear point made from bone. Cylindrical, with one end tapering abruptly to a damaged point. The other end has a broken cylindrical protrusion of smaller circumference than the rest of the object with a channel or socket at its centre. Yellow-brown in colour. Crack along length.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle