Accession No

Z 45234 B.2


Description

One bear canine tooth with pointed tip, showing four transversely drilled circular holes at the lower end, the outer ones slightly bigger, the inner ones with horizontal grooves on both sides. Possibly a barb of a salmon spear. Areas of yellow, brown, and black 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


Cultural Affliation


Material

Tooth


Local Term


Measurements

58mm


Events

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


Context (Related Documents)
See lantern slide (LS.20878.TC2) in Photographic Collection.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45234 B[.1-2]: 'Teeth; Drilled.'
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, esp. p. 229 fig. 26.6.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45234 B[.1-2]: 'One an incisor with 4 holes, the other ?ivory, with one hole in tip, two holes at base.'
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
One bear canine tooth with pointed tip, showing four transversely drilled circular holes at the lower end, the outer ones slightly bigger, the inner ones with horizontal grooves on both sides. Possibly a barb of a salmon spear. Areas of yellow, brown, and black surface coloration.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:319055

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