Context (Field collection)
Excavated in July or August by Richard Feachem during the 1938 Cambridge West Greenland Expedition, organised by Donald Carmichael. See archive for excavation notebooks, including sketches and object lists (XA/1/25/5 and XA/1/33).
Event Date 7/1938
Author: maa

Context (References)
Drever, H.I. (1939). ‘The Cambridge expedition to West Greenland, 1938’. The Geographical Journal, vol. 94(5). pp 388-401
Event Date 1939
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 46225.16 [C]: 'one piece of bone where one end expands with a slot for a ?blade and a small hole pierced at the top: ?handle.'
Event Date 9/3/2001
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
This collection was tentatively entered as being collected by James Mann Wordie in 1938 but has now been identified as from the excavations undertaken by Richard Feachem during the 1938 Cambridge West Greenland Expedition. Feachem excavated several sites on Illorsuit [Ubekendt] Island, including Sarqa, Naqerdloq, Kussininguaq and Igdlorssuit, which are recorded in his excavation notebooks (XA/1/25/5 and XA/1/33). More work is required in order to identify which of these sites this object comes from.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Worked bone implement, possible a handle. One end with a slot and a small perforation at tip; slightly broken off at tip.
Event Date 26/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang