Description (Labels & Markings)
Blue rectangular cardboard slip attached to object by thread reading in pencil: 'WI b 16'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: 'WIb16'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Bone ?handle.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
House Ib. 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)
Bone toggle. One end tapers to a point. Drill marks and three holes along the body.
Event Date 5/3/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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)
One harpoon foreshaft, square with rounded corners in cross-section, of worked bone. One end truncated and flat, the other tapering cone-like into a rounded tip. Two opposing sides with two circular perforations connected by sunken drill holes on both sides; the two other opposing sides with one circular perforation having sunken drill holes towards the truncated end, possibly for splicing. Areas of dark brown surface coloration.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung