Accession No
Z 45097 C
Description
Strip of bone with one vertical central ridge. One side with circular indentations and the other with circular perforations.
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 45097 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
44mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Bone rib with 2 series of drilled holes.
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. 11.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
One set of holes go through the object, the other set of holes are only partial perforations.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Strip of bone with one vertical central ridge. One side with circular indentations and the other with circular perforations.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:27281
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