Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46161.4 A[.1-2] 'Slate headed bone harpoons'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked with black ink: 'E.C.'
Event Date
Author: J. Dack

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley at Evalak’s Camp on the south side of Moffet Inlet in July 1937. See excavation notebook (XA/1/39/4).
Event Date 7/1937
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46161.4 A[.1-2] 'On one the point has been lashed on with fibre sinew.'
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: J. Dack

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: J. Dack

Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 46161.1-6 was previously identified as being from Naujan, possibly collected by Thomas Manning in 1936 or 1937. However they are all marked ‘E.C.’, referring to ‘Evalak’s Camp’, which corresponds to the entry under Moffet Inlet in Graham Rowley’s notebook (XA/1/39/4). The Place and Source fields have been updated accordingly.
Event Date 8/10/2024
Author: J. Dack

Description (Physical description)
Harpoon head made from bone, complete with slate end blade. Sub-triangular pointed end blade that tapers to a long tang with flat cross section. Harpoon head has round tip with parallel end blade slot with lashing bed below; lozenge shaped shaft with single line hole, square open socket with lashing slots on each side, and single asymmetrical spur at the butt.
Event Date 8/10/2024
Author: J. Dack