Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46183.43 [A-B]: 'Point, toggle, spearhead.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
House I. Excavated by Graham Rowley in July 1937. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/4).
Event Date 7/1937
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46183.43 [B]: 'One looks similar to objects described as spear ?toggles.'
Event Date 20/2/2001
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: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Bone harpoon foreshaft. The cylindrical shaft tapers to a rounded point at one end. The other end is flat, with drilled holes through the shaft at cross-sections, one above the other, with grooved channels to the butt end for splicing and lashing together.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Amendments / updates)
This collection was previously entered as from '?Southampton Island' and collected by Graham Rowley in 1936. However, they correspond to those excavated by Rowley in 1937 at the site of Avartoq [Akbahtok], Strathcona Sound, drawings of which are in his excavation notebook (XA/1/39/4). The Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 4/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna