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- Artefact Type - Category 10: Unclassifiable Artefacts - Multiple Use Artefact - An artefact originally created to serve a variety of purposes that extend beyond the range of one classification. Tools that have multiple attachments that enable them to serve a range of functions fall into this classification, along with hybrid tools that are made of several disparate parts that are used together to perform a particular function, such as mending fences.
Count of artefacts returned is 201, sorted by Artefact Catalogue No.
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| Artefact Catalogue No |
Common Name | Description | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2415
|
Enamel serving dish and lid | base and lid of a white enamel serving dish. Base has a foot, bowl and handles. Lid has a knob. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| 2416
|
Small enamel dish | small white enamel dish with blue enamel rim. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| 2417
|
Enamel plate | white enamel plate with blue enamel rim. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| 2418
|
Enamel Jug | white enamel jug with handle | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| 2482
|
tin with grease contents | Metal tin, originally contained Horlicks Malted milk, but now contains liquid grease (unidentified type). | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| BMS06/016 | paper tape | rolled and flattened paper tape in plastic bag marked "10/12/02 white paper tape excavated from Mertz and Ninnis bunks S.E. corner, L.H." | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| BMS06/017 | paper tape and paper | Fragmentary paper tape and paper in plastic bag with label "Paper tape & paper pushed into cracks S.E. corner L.H. Mertz and Ninnis bunks 10/12/02" | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| BMS06/019 | grass | grass fragments in plastic bag no label | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHAAP 4 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAAP 5 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAAP 6 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAAP 7 | white paper used for insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAAP 8 | section of ferrous strap | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAD 2 | ferrous square tinned box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHAD 3 | glass jar | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHD 17 | thumbtack | thumbtack | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 18 | thumbtack | Brass thumbtack. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 38 | Paper | Two pieces of grey paper, which sit under CDLHD 37. The first is crumpled and has overall dimensions of 150 x 80 mm. The second has overall dimensions of 130 x 80 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 38a | Paper | Two pieces of grey paper, which sit under CDLHD 37. The first is crumpled and has overall dimensions of 150 x 80 mm. The second is folded and has overall dimensions of 130 x 80 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 42 | Bolt, cloth | Red cloth roll. It extends along the shelf and into the sink on the northern wall of the dark room. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 45 | Paper | Piece of grey paper. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 76 | Paper | Rolled up piece of waxy white paper. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 80 | Paper | Folded wad of tracing paper, which lies beneath CDLHD 79. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 81 | Spool | String wrapped around a flat spool. The spool may have been made of cardboard but it was impossible to fully assess this object as it was embedded in ice. It is 55 mm long and is 29 mm wide at each end. The central part of the spool measures 27 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHD 87 | Hook | Brass double hook. It has been cast and consists of two symmetrical curved hooks, each facing outward. Both hooks are surmounted by a trefoil. There is a screwhole in the centre of each trefoil. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHEWB 100 | glass dropper with black rubber bulb | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 14 | wad of white paper mixed with tar paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 19 | Cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 25 | white cloth with red stripes embedded in ice | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 27 | folded paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 34 | ferrous wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 36 | straw packing in box (CDLHEWB 37) | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 37 | wooden box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 41 | cotton wadding | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 49 | piece of fleecy material | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 50 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 55 | piece of brown coarse weave material | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 58 | scrap of white paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 6 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 64 | brass nut | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 69 | grass insulation (?) | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 75 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 8 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 80 | white tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 83 | Copper wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 87 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 90 | string | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 91 | copper wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 93 | twisted and knotted copper wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHEWB 94 | grass insulation (?) | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHK 1 | rope with knot | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHK 14 | piece of twisted copper alloy wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHK 18 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHK 2 | cardboard box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHK 7 | two chain links | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHL 11 | flattened rolled up piece of paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHL 4 | cylinder of corrugated cardboard | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 1 | Cylindrical ferrous tin can | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 102 | ferrous lid from tin can | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 18 | cork ring | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 23 | Ferrous rectangular box with torn paper label | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 5 | glass bottle stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 6 | metal box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 76 | Cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 77 | Cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 78 | Cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 79 | Cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 80 | Cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHLAS 98 | mass of black cotton thread | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 19 | Wire mesh | 1mm wire mesh square. There is a small piece of white paper stuck to one side. The paper is torn and measures 10 x 15 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 19a | Paper | Torn piece of paper, which is now stuck to one side of CDLHMC 19. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 21 | Fitting | Brass cylindrical fitting frozen to the interior of CDLHMC 20. It is 10 mm high and has a diameter of 25 mm. It is hollow and has an internal diameter of 15 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 25b | Pin, straight | Two silver coloured pins stuck to the base of CDLHMC 25. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 30 | Cloth | Sheet of folded white canvas frozen to the shelf. I has been folded at least eight times. At least one selvedge edge can be seen. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 33 | Paper | Lengths of what appears to be paper that has been finely shredded paper. Each shred is about 20 mm wide. The shredded paper covers an area of 240 x 120 mm. The paper is embedded in ice on the shelf. The paper that protrudes from the ice is flexible. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 48 | textile | Length of faded fawn-coloured material with woolly pile on both sides. Difficult to assess because of access problems but may be two pieces of material that have been sewn together. This artefact is frozen to the shelf between two pieces of paper. It covers an overall area of 270 x 240 x 50 mm. The fabric is about 5mm thick and is uneven in width. The width varies between 60 and 130 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 65 | wooden box | Wooden packing crate with the West facing long end panel removed. Each side has been constructed with three pieces of wood butting togetherand fixed with ferrous nails. Writing can be seen on the Southern side of the box. It printed in black and is not fully legible: GEA(R?/B?). On the top surface of the box is a black mark and the letters AR in black pain. Black marks can also be discerned on the North and East sides of the box. The top end of the box is reinforced with two boards, which were attached with ferrous nails. The construction of the crate is fairly rough. It is frozen into the floor about 200 mm to the North of the bunk at the Western end of the box and about 160 mm North of the bunk at the Eastern end of the box. The dimensions of the box are 395 mm by 280 mm by 540 mm. The boards vary in thickness between 15 and 20 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 69 | fragment of cloth | Fragment of cloth. It is made of light brown material with ribbed parallel lines in the weave. One seam is visible. It is folded and probably is incomplete as traces of broken black threads can be observed. What survives appears to be in good condition. There is black stitchig on an unbroken seam on the western edge of the cloth. Approximately 430 by 150 mm protrudes from the ice. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 6a | ferrous nail used to attach cardboard mount to wall of Mawson's cubicle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 6b | ferrous nail used to attach cardboard mount to wall of Mawson's cubicle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 6c | ferrous nail used to attach cardboard mount to wall of Mawson's cubicle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 6d | ferrous nail used to attach cardboard mount to wall of Mawson's cubicle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 73 | portion of fabric | piece of light loosely woven white fabric frozen into the ice covering the floor of Mawson's cubicle. The selvedge is visible. Some of the material appears to display a pink tinge. An area of approximately 200 by 150 mm can be observed emerging from the ice. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 74a | square piece of white paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 74b | fragment of thick gauge paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 74c | fragment of thick gauge paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 74d | cotton wool | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 74e | crumpled white tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 75b | cotton wool, stained purple | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 79a | metal tacks stored inside CDLHMC 79 | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 7c | copper drawing pin in top right hand corner of CDLHMC 7b | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 82a | cotton wool | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 82b | fragment of paper tape | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHMC 85 | tissue paper | Crumpled fine white tissue paper, which covers an area of 400 by 600 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 91 | Iron ring | Iron ring, apparently constructed from ferrous rectangular tubing, which measures approximately 6 by 7 mm. It is difficult to further assess as it is partially embedded in ice and obcured by tissue paper (CDLHMC 85) and a fibre bundle(CDLHMC 90). Its maximum overall dimension is 190 mm. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHMC 93 | Oval tin | Oval shaped ferrous tin without a lid. The top seam is rolled with a grey surface, which may be the remains of lead solder. It is partly buried in ice. | Cape Denison Artefacts |
| CDLHP 124 | crumpled piece of white paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 14a | blue paper torn into three pieces | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 14b | blue paper torn into three pieces | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 14c | blue paper torn into three pieces | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 19 | straw | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 2 | tissue paper, possibly one piece torn into four pieces | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 20 | cellophane strip | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 22 | three twists of fibre with a knot tied at one end | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 23a | dark and light blue paper crumpled together | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 23b | dark and light blue paper crumpled together | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 25 | straw | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 26 | mulched up paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 27 | fibrous material, possibly hemp | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 28 | cellophane | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 29 | insulating material | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 2a | tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 2b | tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 2c | tissue paper wrapped around a piece of cotton | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 2d | tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 30 | fibrous material, possibly hemp | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 31 | fibrous material, possibly hemp | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 36a | small scraps of thin printed paper adhered to CDLHP 36, possibly failed material to arrest snow ingress into the hut | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 37 | crumpled piece of beige paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 38 | Crumpled piece of beige paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 41 | plant fibre, possibly hemp | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 44 | piece of plywood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 54b | paper strip, possibly used for the prevention of snow ingress | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 54c | paper strip, possibly used for the prevention of snow ingress | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 59 | wooden board | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 77 | paper strips | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHP 9 | brass nut | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHSBP 5 | piece of grey, fine weave material | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 100 | piece of fabric | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 102 | piece of crumpled canvas | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 107 | folded piece of fabric | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 119 | calico bag | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 124 | cork bottle stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 125 | cork bottle stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 126 | strip of printed paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 129 | crumpled piece of white paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 131 | oval shaped glass bottle with glass stopper and a paper seal | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 134 | brown paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 141 | brass pin | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 145 | brown glass jar | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 146 | Square brown glass bottle with indecipherable paper labels | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 155 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 156 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 157 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 158 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 159 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 161 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 162 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 163 | ferrous nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 165 | Cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 166 | cotton wool insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 167 | paper used for insulation | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 168 | corrugated cardboard | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 171 | string | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 174 | brown crumpled paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 175 | cotton wadding | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 176 | small piece of brown paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 178 | bottle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 183 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 184 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 186 | ferrous metal sheeting partly obscured by ice | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 188 | board | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 189 | paper tape | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 190 | two pieces of string tied together | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 191 | block of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 192 | umbrella | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 193 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 194 | scrap of paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 195 | paper tape | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 196 | crumpled paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 197 | two pieces of ferrous wire that have been twisted together | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 202 | wooden board with ferrous nail, probably used in bunk construction | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 204 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 206 | piece of plywood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 224 | wooden board, probably used as a bed board | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 225 | piece of black woolly material | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 227 | buff-coloured woven tape | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 23 | glass bottle stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 234 | braided tubing | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 30a | glass rod | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 30b | insulated wire | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 34 | Square ferrous tinned box with fragment of paper label | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 43 | tack | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 52 | Ferrous cylindrical tin can | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDLHWWB 87 | white tissue paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGH 29 | wooden box containing wooden boards | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGH 29a | wooden boards in box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGH 7 | Copper wire nail | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGH 8 | piece of wood | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 35 | Post-BANZARE white paper towel containing two unused white candles | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 49 | Post-BANZARE brown paper bag containing crimped paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 63 | Post-BANZARE green plastic | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 69 | Post-BANZARE crumpled piece of paper with plastic on one side | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 70 | Post-BANZARE crumpled piece of paper | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDMAGHPB 9 | brass drawing pin | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 23 | Ferrous rectangular box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 30 | Ferrous square box | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 4 | knotted length of rope | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 42 | ferrous metal tube encased in rubber tube encased in braided red and black cotton | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 47 | Ferrous tin box with a copper alloy wire handle | Cape Denison Artefacts | |
| CDWS 6 | cork stopper | Cape Denison Artefacts |
