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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Newspaper scrap wrapped around object reading in pencil: 'WI b 49'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Labels & Markings)
Round paper label with metal edge attached to object reading in black ink: 'WI b 49'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

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)
Perforated at one end. Slot for blade at other 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)
Object made from worked bone, possibly a handle. Sub-rectangular form with slightly curved profile and a rectangular cross-section; one end features a flat, lozenge shaped terminal, pierced centrally with a circular hole; the other end features a flat, slightly mushroom-headed terminal with lashing marks on one face and a cut shelf on obverse face, likely for the hafting of a blade.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal