Object

Accession No

1950.437 H

Description

Thin strip of antler with a perforation at one end and broken at the other.

Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Foxe Basin; Melville Peninsula; Avvajja [Abverdjar]

Period

Dorset

Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]; Innuksuk, Aipiluk [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1950.437 H; 1476 [excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Antler

Local Term

Measurements

64mm

Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley and Aipiluk Innuksuk, June to August 1939. See archive for notebooks, map and correspondence (XA/1/8, XA/1/34–XA/1/36, and XA/1/40).
Event Date 1939
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Rowley, G. (1940). ‘The Dorset culture of the eastern Arctic’. American Anthropologist, vol. 42(3). pp 490-499.
Event Date 1940
Author: Aedan Jones

Description (Physical description)
Long narrow strip of antler, broken. Perforation at one end.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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: Aedan Jones

Context (References)
Hardenberg, M. (2013). Trends and Ontology of Artistic Practices of the Dorset Culture 800 BC - 1300 AD. Unpublished PhD. København: Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske Fakultet. Vols I-II. Cat. no. NiHg-1:50.437.H
Event Date 2013
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Thin strip of antler with a perforation at one end and broken at the other.
Event Date 28/8/2024
Author: Aedan Jones

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