Accession No

Z 45194


Description

Anthropomorphic figurine carved from wood. Doll has a flat surface on the front and back; with an ovoid head; the arm-less torso tapers to the waist; triangular hips split into two legs that taper to a straight-cut flat surface. Brown patina with vertical wood-rings.


Place

Arctic; Greenland; Avannaata; Baffin Bay; Carey Islands; Isbjørneø [Isbjørn Island]


Period

Thule


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45194


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

600mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Wooden doll.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Hut 2. Excavated in August 1937 by Thomas Lethbridge during the 1937 Cambridge Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, led by James Mann Wordie. See MAA archive for list of objects (XA/1/28) and photo collection for lantern slides and photographs; 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: Dominique Devadason


Description (Physical description)
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. 193: 'Wooden doll, similar to but less well made than Fig. 4, 5.'
Event Date 1939
Author: Dominique Devadason


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: Dominique Devadason


Description (Physical description)
Small wooden figurine; rudimentary -no arms, emphasised waist, full length legs and a flat face with head running into neck, reminiscent of a hooded figure.
Event Date 14/3/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Anthropomorphic figurine carved from wood. Doll has a flat surface on the front and back; with an ovoid head; the arm-less torso tapers to the waist; triangular hips split into two legs that taper to a straight-cut flat surface. Brown patina with vertical wood-rings.
Event Date 17/9/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason


FM:27209

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