Accession No
Z 45100 A
Description
Soapstone fragment, possibly part of a qulliq (lamp) or bowl.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Buchanan Bay; Turnstone Beach
Period
?Dorset
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45100 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Soapstone
Local Term
Measurements
73mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Soapstone lamp frag'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Hut 14. 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)
Soapstone fragment, possibly part of a qulliq (lamp) or bowl.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:27285
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