Accession No

Z 45200.1


Description

A worked antler splinter, possibly a blubber fork. The object has a straight tang-like end with square shoulders. Tip missing from the other end, with delamination on the surface and material loss in some areas; reconstructed from two pieces.


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 45200.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Antler


Local Term


Measurements

200mm


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45200[.1-5]: '5 various worked bone pieces.'
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: 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)
A worked antler splinter, possibly a blubber fork. The object has a straight tang-like end with square shoulders. Tip missing from the other end, with delamination on the surface and material loss in some areas; reconstructed from two pieces.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones


FM:27215

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