Accession No

Z 45074 E


Description

Two piece of worked ivory, possibly trial pieces. Both are drilled; one is grooved.


Place

Americas; North America; Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Turnstone Beach


Period

Inuit


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45074 E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ivory


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Both marked '1937 ELLESMERE LAND/ TURNSTONE BEACH/ HUT 1 / Z 45074 E' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Accession register: 'Drilled ivory.'
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 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. 197-8.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Two piece of worked ivory, possibly trial pieces. Both are drilled; one is grooved.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27236

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