Accession No

Z 45112


Description

Long bone point. Comprised of a long shaft, one end tapers to a round point; the butt end has a square cross-section, with two drilled holes set close together but at different angles; and a rounded terminus. There are two iron rivets set perpendicular and above and below the drilled holes, possibly a modern repair reattaching a piece of bone that had become detached.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Coutts Inlet


Period

Inuit ?19th century ?20th century


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45112


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

465mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Large point, 2 drilled holes.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Hut I. Excavated in August 1937 by Thomas Lethbridge during the 1937 Cambridge Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, led by James Mann Wordie. See MAA photo collection for photographs; see the University Library for excavation notebook and notes (MS Add.9258/3 and MS Add.9777/13/9/4).
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)
There are 2 iron rivets fixing a bone plate to the point - a repair?
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Long bone point. Comprised of a long shaft, one end tapers to a round point; the butt end has a square cross-section, with two drilled holes set close together but at different angles; and a rounded terminus. There are two iron rivets set perpendicular and above and below the drilled holes, possibly a modern repair reattaching a piece of bone that had become detached.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:26929

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