Accession No

Z 45107 A


Description

Piece of wood carved into a figurine, incomplete. It has a cuboid body with two legs extending downwards; shoulders but no arms; and a round neck, either headless or with the head broken off. Some lashing marks are visible around the body, the legs are reconstructed.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Omega Bay


Period

Inuit


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45107 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

63mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Headless figure, carving.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Headless wooden figurine'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Hut 1. Excavated in 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 9/1937
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: Clare McKenna


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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Piece of wood carved into a figurine, incomplete. It has a cuboid body with two legs extending downwards; shoulders but no arms; and a round neck, either headless or with the head broken off. Some lashing marks are visible around the body, the legs are reconstructed.
Event Date 6/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:26916

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