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
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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