Description (Labels & Markings)
Round paper label with metal edge attached to one fragment reading in blue ink: 'WIb22'. Other fragments marked in black ink reading: 'WIb23' and 'WIb24'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46216.158: 'Pierced; Fragment of bone', description for Z 46216.159 and Z 46216.160: 'Fragment of narwhal tusk or ivory'.
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)
Some drilling marks at one end.
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)
Three matching fragments of worked ivory, probably part of a hollow walrus tusk with secondary dentine missing. One end with transverse concave drilling remains, the other end broken off and missing. One fragment with a transversely drilled circular perforation. Areas of brown and yellow surface coloration.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung