Accession No
Z 45231 B
Description
One fragment of a small ulu cutting blade made of light grey stone, sharpened on both sides. Blade tapering towards the handle which is now missing; one circular hole in upper third, possibly for fitting a handle stool.
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
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
46mm
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)
Stone. Tabular; Pierced; 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, esp. p. 229 fig. 26.2.
Event Date 1939
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 45231 [A-B]: 'Both have one hole pierced through. The larger has traces of burning. The smaller is a ?blade or ?scraper.'
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
One fragment of a small ulu cutting blade made of light grey stone, sharpened on both sides. Blade tapering towards the handle which is now missing; one circular hole in upper third, possibly for fitting a handle stool.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:319056
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