Accession No

Z 45398 A


Description

Small needle of cooper alloy. It has a square cross-section, flat butt end and tapers to a fine point.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Melville Peninsula; Naujaat; Naujan


Period

Thule


Source

Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45398 A; N19 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements

32mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 45398 [A-B]: '4 pieces of copper.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley in September 1938 on the site of Therkel Mathiassen’s 1922 excavation. According Rowley (see XA/1/35), he ‘dug for a few afternoons in the lower levels of one of the igloos [Mathiassen] had not completed’. See excavation notebook for list and drawings (XA/1/39/3).
Event Date 9/1938
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45398 [A-B]: '3 scraps of copper, and a copper needle. Only the needle is correctly marked, the three pieces of copper are marked with "Z 45397".'
Event Date 20/2/2001
Author: maa


Context (References)
Rowley, G. (2007). Cold Comfort: My Love Affair with the Arctic. 2nd edition. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Event Date 2007
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 45385 - Z 45399 were originally listed as being collected and donated by Thomas Manning, but have now been identified as being excavated and donated by Graham Rowley. The Source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 23/9/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Small needle of cooper alloy. It has a square cross-section, flat butt end and tapers to a fine point.
Event Date 30/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


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