Accession No

Z 45093


Description

Worked bear's tooth, possibly used as pendant or ornament. Groove on one side; circular perforation close to one end; curved tip, partially broken off and missing.


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 45093


Cultural Affliation


Material

Tooth


Local Term


Measurements

75mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked ' Z 45093 ELLESMERE LAND TURNSTONE BEACH HUT 13' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Pierced and grooved tooth.'
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. 7.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Worked bear's tooth, possibly used as pendant or ornament. Groove on one side; circular perforation close to one end; curved tip, partially broken off and missing.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:27275

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