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: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.426[.1-32]: 'Parts of thirty one ivory or caribou antler snow knives, some very fragmentary. Six are perforated and six have roughly shaped handles. Ivory blade (No, 102). Nine ivory tips (Fox Excavation Nos. 119, 123, 124, 322, 370, 428, 534, 949, 1133). Three antler tips (Nos. 154, 521, 527). Four ivory handles and perforations (No. 301, 423, 639, 1212). Engraved ivory blade (No. 310). Four ivory fragments (No. 410, 412, 416, 1408). Two antler blades (Nos. 533, 541). Ivory blade fragment (No. 553). Ivory perforation (No. 536). Ivory perforation and handle nearly complete. (No. 645). Ivory (No. 646). Antler handle (No. 655). Antler, with grooves. Blade (No. 1335). Ivory blade and tip.'
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: Esther Laver

Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the 'Tuniit: Arctic Giants & Ivory Miniatures' exhibition, Case 5.02, Micro Gallery, MAA, 8 December 2015 - 18 September 2016.
Event Date 8/12/2015
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Ivory snow knife. Comprised of a curved, single-edge blade, tapering to a point, and an integral handle with an oblong lashing hole on the lower edge, a notch on the upper edge, and a sloped butt.
Event Date 3/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver