Accession No

Z 45189.1-3


Description

Three rectangular strips of flattened baleen. Discoloured brown patina, with layers de-laminating and evidence of material loss.


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 45189.1-3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Baleen


Local Term


Measurements

170mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink for Z 45189[.1]: '1937 CARY ISLANDS HUT 2'
Marked in black ink for Z 45189[.2]: '1937 CARY ISLANDS HUT 2'
Marked in black ink for Z 45189[.3]: 'CARY ISLAN HUT 2'
Event Date
Author: Dominique Devadason


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45189[.1-4]: '4 pieces of baleen - various shapes.'
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


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6105 | Freezing
Event Date 26/11/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan


Description (Physical description)
Three rectangular strips of flattened baleen. Discoloured brown patina, with layers de-laminating and evidence of material loss.
Event Date 25/9/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason


FM:27204

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