Description (Labels & Markings)
Label formerly attached to object reads: 'C V M I'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Bone handle with wooden pegs.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Area CV. Excavated by Graham Rowley, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, likely in August 1936.
Event Date 8/1936
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Handle; Peg; Fitting - Peg appears to be also bone. Could be part of a sled.
Event Date 2/3/2001
Author: Sophie Wardle

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

Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2024.6074 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 24/10/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer

Description (Physical description)
Tapering fragment of worked antler; perhaps a point or part of a handle or fitting from a sledge. Broken off at one end, tapering to a point at the other end, the tip of which is now broken off and missing. Broken peg of round cross-section, likely also made of antler, inserted one third of the way down the length of the object from the tip. Several shallow transverse score marks beneath this. Plano-convex cross-section. Brown in colour. Strip of rough porous texture on underside.
Event Date 24/10/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Amendments / updates)
When this collection (Z 46186 – Z 46192) was registered, it had lost association with its excavation site and was tentatively listed as from Southampton Island. However, the excavation markings (C1.I.1, for example) are consistent with the numbering system used by Rowley, whereby the first letter (C, in this case) corresponds to the first letter of the site. In the index to Rowley’s autobiography (2007) there is a list of excavations and Coats Island is the only one beginning with ‘C’, it has also not yet been identified in MAA’s collection. Unlike most of the other sites excavated by Rowley in c 1936-1939, MAA does not appear to have the excavation notebook for Coats Island, which would have confirmed this. Therefore Coats Island has been tentatively added to the Place field, and the tentative excavation date (August 1936) added to the Field Collection.
Event Date 8/10/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle