Accession No

Z 45089 C


Description

Handle, possibly from Ulu, made of bone. Socketed along one long edge; broken off at one corner.


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 45089 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

93mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
?Ulu
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '1937 ELLESMERE. TURNSTONE. HUT 12. Z 45089 C' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Bone handle'.
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)
Handle, possibly from Ulu, made of bone. Socketed along one long edge; broken off at one corner.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27268

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