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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