Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '1937 South Ryder Island' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45071 A-B: '3 worked bone fragments. (b) worked bone.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
South Ryder Island. 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 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: Jodi Zhang

Context (Amendments / updates)
Accession Register and previous database entry for Z 45701 B both recorded find spot as 'Turnstone beach, Ellesmere Land'. However the object is marked '1937 South Ryder Island'. Therefore the 'Place' field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Worked piece of bone, possibly a handle, nearly flat but oblong in section, two faces tapering to a squared end, one edge with cut marks, one end with wide carved notches possibly for lashing.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang