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

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45198[.1-2]: '2 drilled ivory pieces - shaped.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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: 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: Elia Quijano Quinones

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: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
One hole drilled in the centre.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Carved bone, possibly a spearhead, with a drilled hole in the middle. Plano-convex cross-section, tapering to a notched pointed end and a socket with a rebate on its flat side. Linear scratches throughout the surface, particularly on the flat side near the drilled hole at the centre. Signs of superficial deterioration, dirt accumulation, and delamination with material loss around the socket.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones