Accession No

Z 45075 A.1


Description

Worked antler, possibly from a Caribou. Three tines, two of which are broken off at tips; two incised horizontal lines on beam close to end.


Place

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


Period

Inuit


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45075 A.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Antler


Local Term


Measurements

235mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written label once attached to object reads: 'Ellesmere Turnstone B Hut 1'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45075 A[.1-2]: '2 pieces of worked antler.'
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)
Worked antler, possibly from a Caribou. Three tines, two of which are broken off at tips; two incised horizontal lines on beam close to end.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27237

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