Accession No
1950.480 F
Description
Thin point made from worked ivory, possibly a bird dart.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Foxe Basin; Melville Peninsula; Avvajja [Abverdjar]
Period
Dorset
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [collector and donor]; Aipiling [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.480 F; 1569 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
61mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note stored with objects 1950.480 A-H reads: 'Odd pieces found at Abverdjar on the site on looking it over and turning over stones before leaving. Contemporary with excavated material.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card: 'Found on the site by Aipiling, an Inuit, when clearing up before leaving the excavation. These pieces are not stratified.'
Event Date 1939
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Surface find collected during excavations 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: Zahni Blumenthal
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)
Description for 1950.480 [A-H]: 'Seven pieces of worked antler, bone and ivory and a dogs bone. Excavation No. 1569.'
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)
Thin point made from worked ivory, possibly a bird dart.
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:318940
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