Accession No

Z 45110 D


Description

Piece of bone worked into a scraper or scoop. One end is flattened with scoop or dip in the centre, with a v-shaped rib on the opposite side; the butt end incorporates a round bone socket.


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 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

90mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Scoop or scraper. Proximal end.
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)
Actually the socket of a scapula.
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Piece of bone worked into a scraper or scoop. One end is flattened with scoop or dip in the centre, with a v-shaped rib on the opposite side; the butt end incorporates a round bone socket.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:26925

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