Accession No
Z 45187
Description
Worked antler tines in v-shaped, possibly from a caribou. Distal end, circular in cross-section with two tines; taller of the tines has a drilled circular hole in the tip with a wider shaft; the shorter tine has a thin curved shaft; the tine split-off is rounded off. Light brown colouration with dark brown discolouration in grooved patches.
Place
Arctic; Greenland; Avannaata; Baffin Bay; Carey Islands; Isbjørneø [Isbjørn Island]
Period
Thule
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45187
Cultural Affliation
Material
Antler
Local Term
Measurements
170mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Part of antler, with drilled hole.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Hut 2. 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 archive for list of objects (XA/1/28) and photo collection for lantern slides and photographs; see the University Library for excavation notebook (MS Add.9258/3).
Event Date 8/1937
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: Dominique Devadason
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: Dominique Devadason
Description (Physical description)
A V shaped piece of antler, one side shorter than the other, with a hole drilled in the tip of the longer side. Written on object is date 1937.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: Dominique Devadason
Description (Physical description)
Worked antler tines in v-shaped, possibly from a caribou. Distal end, circular in cross-section with two tines; taller of the tines has a drilled circular hole in the tip with a wider shaft; the shorter tine has a thin curved shaft; the tine split-off is rounded off. Light brown colouration with dark brown discolouration in grooved patches.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason
FM:27202
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