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

Context (Field collection)
Hut 4. 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 MAA photo collection for photographs; 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)
Flattened carved female figure, complete.
Event Date 5/2/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Anthropomorphic figure carved from wood, possibly used as a tool or toy. It is comprised of an oval-shaped head, rectangular shaped body with some lashing marks at chest level and a rivet on one side, and a groove at the spine of the back; it has a pubic triangle and distinguished butt before two separate legs. The feet are missing and possibly chipped away, and there is a lashing mark around the bottom of one leg.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna