Accession No

Z 45111 C


Description

Worked piece of wood, possibly used as part of a handle or for lashing. Flat and rectangular, with two lugs projecting from one side at one end, one on the other, with grooves between.


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 45111 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

37mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45111 C reads: 'Worked wood'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Carving
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)
Small flattish piece of carved wood with two lugs either side, one of the lugs having broken off.
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Worked piece of wood, possibly used as part of a handle or for lashing. Flat and rectangular, with two lugs projecting from one side at one end, one on the other, with grooves between.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:26928

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