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: maa

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

Description (Physical description)
1950.400 A-W: 'Parts of twenty three walrus ivory and caribou horn large harpoon heads, Type VI, line holes cut parallel to the blade, forked end with narrow rectilinear socket to hold the foreshaft and the points grooved to hold a stone tip. [...] I: decayed walrus ivory. Tip and socket broken. (Excavation No. 457). [...]'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa

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: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Harpoon head made of walrus tusk ivory. Narrow, rounded tip with blade slot, one face broken off and missing; single transverse line hole; closed, rectangular socket, ventral face broken off and missing; double symmetrical spurs. Mathiassen Type VI.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal