Description (Physical description)
Wood; handle - Worked; 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

Description (Physical description)
All three pieces fit together. 3 small perforations at one end, similar perforations at the other end, part of it missing.
Event Date 02/03/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

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)
A pair of snow goggles made from wood, now in three pieces with some areas of loss. Goggles are sub-rectangular in form with a curved profile; single, central eye slit; front face of goggles features a projecting eave above the eye slit; rear face of goggles is concave, with a depressed section at the centre to accommodate the wearer’s nose ridge; both ends feature a pair of small, circular perforations pierced top to bottom for a head band to secure the goggles to the face; a small amount of sinew remains in situ in one of these holes.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal