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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