Accession No

Z 45072 B


Description

Harpoon rest made of bone. Curved body with rounded tip; handle-like end with one circular perforation.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Buchanan Bay; Turnstone Beach


Period

?Thule ?Inuit


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45072 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

155mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45072 [B]: '1 line rest.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written label found with object reads: 'Ellesmere abt 1 mile NW of Turnstone B picked up by TCL on site with tent rings etc.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Field collection)
Tent Ring Site A. 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 (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. 196, Fig. 6, No. 2.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Long piece of bone, rough handle shape at one end with one hole pierced.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Harpoon rest made of bone. Curved body with rounded tip; handle-like end with one circular perforation.
Event Date 4/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27230

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