Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 46221[.1-31]: 'Inuit artefacts'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Excavated or collected by Graham Rowley, likely in 1937 or 1939.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46221.1 [A-C]: 'Bone and ivory Knife Handle.'
Event Date 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)
Fifteen ivory knife handles. All are straight shafts with blade slots at one end; the butt ends most taper to a point; one has a diamond-shaped terminal with two perforations and two are Many have drilled perforations at the blade slot, the centre or the butt end. One has a blade slot down the length of it; one has blade slots on one end and two sides. One has fourteen drilled perforations spanning the entire shaft, one has a channel created by drill holes that do not perforate. Many have a red surface colouring, possibly from litharge.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Analysis)
The Place information ‘Pingilkulik’ comes from labels in Rowley’s hand, which is difficult to read. This place is not listed in his 2007 autobiography and there doesn’t appear to be any reference to it in any of the excavation notebooks held by MAA. It is possible that documentation relating to it will be found at a later date.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna