Accession No
1950.409 B
Description
Fragment of ivory harpoon. Open socket with bifurcated spurs and a double line hole with incised lashing beds on either side. The tip is broken off and missing.
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
1950.409 B; 97
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
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: 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: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Small broken harpoon head. Double line hole. Grooved above socket to help hafting (No. 97)
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: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of ivory harpoon. Open socket with bifurcated spurs and a double line hole with incised lashing beds on either side. The tip is broken off and missing.
Event Date 20/8/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:318169
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