Accession No

Z 45076 B


Description

Curved bone strip, with seven large and 14 small drill holes. Possibly side of box, dish, or tub.


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 45076 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

223mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
?Side of wood dish.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '1937 ELLESMERE LAND/ TURNSTONE BEACH HUT 1. Z 45076 B'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


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. 198.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Object appears to be bone, perforated many times.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Curved bone strip, with seven large and 14 small drill holes. Possibly side of box, dish, or tub.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Analysis)
According to Lethbridge (1939, pp.198), this object 'might have been in use at a very recent date.'
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27240

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