Description (Labels & Markings)
Mark in black ink: '1937 CARY ISLANDS HUT 1'
Event Date
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45197[.1-4]: '4 shaped wooden objects.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Hut 1. 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: Elia Quijano Quinones

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: maa

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. Fig. 4.4
Event Date 1939
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
Wooden diamond-shaped object, possibly a stylised toy kayak. Flat, with pointed ends and rounded edges; one edge damaged and some missing material at one of the tips. Long, linear scratches on one side; one side has a darker brown patina than the other.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones