Accession No

Z 45235 D.2


Description

One small piece of worked ivory; one face flat, the other concave; one concavely curved edge, other edges broken off and missing; one drilled circular hole in the centre. Possibly upper part of a knife handle. Areas of yellow surface coloration.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Dexterity Fjord; Duart Bay


Period

Thule


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45235 D.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

27mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink reading: '1937. BAFFIN LAND. DUART BAY. HUT I'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Pierced bone fragment.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Hut I. Excavated in late August or early September 1937 by Thomas Lethbridge during the 1937 Cambridge Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, led by James Mann Wordie. 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: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45235 D[.1-2]: 'Two pieces found. One is a small, worked piece of ivory, pierced with a hole.'
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
One small piece of worked ivory; one face flat, the other concave; one concavely curved edge, other edges broken off and missing; one drilled circular hole in the centre. Possibly upper part of a knife handle. Areas of yellow surface coloration.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:319053

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