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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