Accession No

Z 45069


Description

Two fragments of wooden bowls. One has a flat base remaining, with a groove along the edge on the outside; one has part of a shoulder 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 45069


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Bowl; Fragment - 2 pieces of wooden bowl; Fragment
Event Date
Author: maa


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)
Two fragments of wooden bowls. One has a flat base remaining, with a groove along the edge on the outside; one has part of a shoulder remaining.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Amendments / updates)
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 17/9/2024
Author: maa


FM:26940

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