Accession No
Z 45071 B
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.
Place
Arctic; Greenland; Avannaata; Melville Bay; South Ryder Island
Period
?Dorset ?Thule
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45071 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
Events
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
FM:27228
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