Context (Related Documents)
Note for 1950.444[.1-51]: 'Excavation numbers marked on objects or on labels can be linked to the to field notebooks in archive XA/1/40 which include a drawing of each find along with details on the base-lines and coordinates of the finds. In addition there are sketches of a section plan and the site areas of the finds.'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
Label formerly attached to 1950.444.43 [A-B]: '1119'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with 1950.444[.1-51] reads: 'Sides of boxes. Caribou horn. One with linear ornament'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

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: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue Card for 1950.444[.1-51]: 'Fragments of box sides, thin plates of antler. Excavation Nos.: 10, 46, 52, 53, 57, 108, 127, 130, 324, 350, 387, 471, 591, 634, 658, 697, 711, 753, 758, 760, 765, 766, 804, 822, 825, 845, 857, 863, 869, 904, 947, 948, 950, 951, 978, 981, 990, 1073, 1094, 1116, 1119, 1140, 1179, 1210, 1339, 1493, 1556. Also, one "from Trial Excavation".'

Event Date 1950
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.444[.1-51]: '52 pieces found, one unmarked, one marked "263", one "846" and one "224".'
Event Date 26/1/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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: Sophie Wardle

Context (References)
Hardenberg, M. (2013). Trends and Ontology of Artistic Practices of the Dorset Culture 800 BC - 1300 AD. Unpublished PhD. København: Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske Fakultet. Vols I-II. Cat. no. NiHg-1:50.444.[with alphabetical and/or numerical suffix].
Event Date 2013
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
Update for 1950.444[.1-51]: 'Previous number field stated 48 but in 2001 52 pieces were counted (see description field). This field has therefore been retroactively updated.'
Event Date 31/7/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Small fragment from a composite box made from caribou antler. Approximately square. Thin cross-section. Curved surface. Ovaloid perforation in surviving corner. The exterior surface features incised decoration consisting of multiple short parallel lines down one edge. On the interior surface, an incised groove runs close to and parallel with two of the edges. Surfaces polished smooth. Mottled brown in colour.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Analysis)
This object was formerly glued to 1950.444.43 A. They were affixed to each other with an unknown adhesive and at an unknown date and have since fallen apart again. However, the broken edges do not appear to match exactly. The differing colouration of the objects also suggests they likely do not belong with each other.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle