Accession No
Z 45091
Description
Wedge-shaped sandstone rubber.
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 45091
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Sandstone
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'ELLESMERE LAND TURNSTONE BEACH HUT 13. Z 45091' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Sandstone Block'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Hut 13. 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. 200, Fig. 8, No. 6.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Wedge-shaped sandstone rubber.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:27273
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