Description (Physical description)
Plaque, ulu blade
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)
Flattened piece of iron, possibly the blade of an ulu?
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Worked piece of iron, possibly an ulu blade or plaque. It is flat with a curved edge, possibly cutting edge; tapering at the sides but broken off at the butt end. It is slightly corroded, and part of the metal is folded over at one side.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna