Accession No
Z 46216.46
Description
Hollow-based arrow or spearhead made from grey coloured chert; much of one side including the barb broken off and missing. Subtriangular in plan with a lenticular cross-section; extant, barb sits adjacent to a hollowed base.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Fisher Strait; Walrus Island
Period
?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46216.46; W.I a46 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
38mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Flint arrowhead - Fragment.
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: Zahni Blumenthal
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)
Hollow-based arrow or spearhead made from grey coloured chert; much of one side including the barb broken off and missing. Subtriangular in plan with a lenticular cross-section; extant, barb sits adjacent to a hollowed base.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:27873
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