Description (Physical description)
European table knife 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: Esther Laver

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: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Fragmentary iron knife. Flat, subrectangular, single-edged blade, terminating in a straight edge; thick bolster between the blade and tang; tang with square cross-section, tapering at one end.
Event Date 16/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was 'unlabelled but in the same box as material from Cape Hardy, and listed in the Accession Register as 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