Accession No
Z 45104
Description
Ivory hook, used for walrus hunting. Roughly 'U-shaped'; barbless point; perforated eye at shank end.
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 45104
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
53mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label attached notes: "Ellesmere Island Turnstone Beach, lying on the rocks. See Boas dig 1979 Iglulik. Used for walrus hunting."
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Hook used for walrus hunting. IGLULIK.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Bone Hook.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Surface, Turnstone Beach. 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. 196, Fig. 6, No. 7.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Ivory hook, used for walrus hunting. Roughly 'U-shaped'; barbless point; perforated eye at shank end.
Event Date 9/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:27287
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