Accession No
Z 45108 B.1
Description
Small iron chisel, with rectangular cross-section; flat end and slight point at the other. Shaft is slightly bent, and corroded.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Omega Bay
Period
?Inuit ?19th century ?20th century?
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45108 B.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
82mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45105 B[.1-3]: '3 metal points'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Hut 4. Excavated in September 1937 by Thomas Lethbridge during the 1937 Cambridge Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, led by James Mann Wordie. See the University Library for excavation notebook (MS Add.9258/3).
Event Date 9/1937
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1938). ‘Appendix II: Eskimo Archaeology’ in J.M. Wordie, et al. ‘An Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic in 1937’. The Geographical Journal, vol. 92(5). pp 385-418
Event Date 1938
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1939) ‘Archaeological Data from the Canadian Arctic’, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 69(2), pp. 187–233.
Event Date 1939
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45108 B[.1-3]: '3 metal points; one curved with a chisel shape at non-pointed end and one long and thin with a flattened blade shape at the non-pointed end.'
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small iron chisel, with rectangular cross-section; flat end and slight point at the other. Shaft is slightly bent, and corroded.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:26919
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