Accession No
Z 45119 F
Description
A triangular piece of worked wood. One end is cut away to create a thin point; at the wide end are two holes that perforate through, with two deep round sections that do not perforate. One the reverse side, there is a deep grooved line across the length, possibly chipped away at the thin end.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Dexterity Harbour; Eagle Beach
Period
Inuit
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45119 F
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
270mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Drilled piece of wood, point
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Hut 3. Excavated in September 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 photographs; see the University Library for excavation notebook (MS Add.9258/3).
Event Date 9/1937
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: Clare McKenna
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: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
A triangular piece of worked wood. One end is cut away to create a thin point; at the wide end are two holes that perforate through, with two deep round sections that do not perforate. One the reverse side, there is a deep grooved line across the length, possibly chipped away at the thin end.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:27365
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