Description (Labels & Markings)
Yellow rectangular cardboard slip attached to object by thread reading in pencil as well as in black ink: 'WI b 54'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Large worked bone.
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)
Two holes drilled through the object. One end has been hollowed out to form a scoop, The other end is slanted.
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)
Large, cylindrical piece of worked bone, possibly a scoop-like tool. One end fashioned into a point by a slanted, transverse break; the other end cut longitudinally with the trabecular structure removed to form a scoop-like end; object is pierced transversely with a circular hole towards the scoop-like end.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal