Accession No
Z 45109
Description
Two pieces of baleen, possibly worked. One is longer with ends curving to slight points; the other is cut into a flat rectangle.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Omega Bay
Period
Inuit
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45109
Cultural Affliation
Material
Baleen
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Baleen fragment
Event Date
Author: maa
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
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6105 | Freezing
Event Date 26/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
Description (Physical description)
Two pieces of baleen, possibly worked. One is longer with ends curving to slight points; the other is cut into a flat rectangle.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:26921
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