Accession No

Z 46221.1 C


Description

Incomplete ivory tool or weapon, possibly a harpoon. It is broken off at a transverse hole through the body, possibly a line hole; and the other end has a flat-ended ledge, possibly a blade rest.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; ?Baffin Island; ?Mellville Peninsula; ?Pingilkulik


Period

?Thule ?Inuit


Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [?exavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

43mm


Events

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)
Incomplete ivory tool or weapon, possibly a harpoon. It is broken off at a transverse hole through the body, possibly a line hole; and the other end has a flat-ended ledge, possibly a blade rest.
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


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