Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in pencil: '8'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label affixed to object reads: 'WI a8'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Metal-rimmed label formerly attached to object reads: 'WI a8'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Bone handle.
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

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)
Handle made from bone, with an unevenly tapering form. The narrowest end features a rounded protrusion at either side of its tip. The other end is wider and thicker to form a case for a socket. One face is smoothed but now has an area of delamination; the other is rougher along much of its length. Damage to both ends. Brown in colour.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle