Accession No

Z 45088 B


Description

Fragment of worked wood, possibly a handle. One end notched at either side; broken off and missing at the other end; traces of burning on surface.


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 45088 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

87mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Burnt worked bone.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'Z 45088 B/ 1937 ELLESMERE. TURNSTONE BEACH. HUT 12' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Field collection)
Hut 12. 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. 187–233.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Object appears to be wood. Notched at one end.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of worked wood, possibly a handle. One end notched at either side; broken off and missing at the other end; traces of burning on surface.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27263

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