Accession No

Z 45110 B


Description

Hollowed piece of bone, possibly worked into a handle. It has a curved shaft, with a very small perforation at the open butt end; the other end has a round perforation at the end, possibly a socket for a knife tang.


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 45110 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

86mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Hollowed bone.
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


Description (Physical description)
This object was possibly a handle.
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Hollowed piece of bone, possibly worked into a handle. It has a curved shaft, with a very small perforation at the open butt end; the other end has a round perforation at the end, possibly a socket for a knife tang.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:26923

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