Accession No
Z 45119 B
Description
A burnt piece of wood, possibly carved into an athropomorphic figure. It has a round head atop slightly angled shoulders; the body is slightly curved, with two breasts; the bottom half is possibly part chipped away or is not marked.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Dexterity Harbour; Eagle Beach
Period
Inuit
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; 1937 Wordie Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45119 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
72mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Broken doll, carving, figure. Upper torso only with breasts.
Event Date
Author: maa
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)
A burnt piece of wood, possibly carved into an athropomorphic figure. It has a round head atop slightly angled shoulders; the body is slightly curved, with two breasts; the bottom half is possibly part chipped away or is not marked.
Event Date 12/9/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:27361
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