Accession No

Z 45068


Description

Fragment of a stone qulliq (lamp) with burnt surfaces and part of a rim remaining.


Place

Arctic; Greenland; Avannaata; Melville Bay; North Ryder Island


Period

?Thule ?Inuit


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45068


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Hut. 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. This was likely excavated at the same location as where Thomas T. Paterson excavated 3 years earlier during the 1934 Wordie Expedition (see Wordie 1938, p. 391). See MAA photo collection for lantern slides and photographs; see the University Library for excavation notebook (MS Add.9258/3).
Event Date 8/1937
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Context (References)
Wordie, J.M. et al. (1938). ‘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: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of stone lamp.
Event Date 1939
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a stone qulliq (lamp) with burnt surfaces and part of a rim remaining.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This object was 'unlabelled but in the same box as material from Cape Hardy'. However, it was found marked with '1917 NORTH RYDER ISLAND HUT'. The record has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: maa


FM:26939

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