Accession No

Z 46148.2


Description

Wooden doll, figurine or handle. The end is semi circular, narrowing in the centre with square protrusions providing grip, a central hole and two slotted hafting supports mark where a blade would have been. Some areas of delamination and loss to the tip.


Place

Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Foxe Peninsula; Nuwata


Period

?Dorset ?Thule ?Inuit


Source

Manning, Thomas Henry [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 46148.2; A2 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

118mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Site A. Excavated by Thomas Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1938.
Event Date 8/1938
Author: maa


Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1943). ‘The Foxe Basin Coasts of Baffin Island.’ The Geographical Journal, vol. 101(5/6). pp. 225-251.
Event Date 1943
Author: Aedan Jones


Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Originally classified as a doll; could also be a handle with part of the end which holds the blade broken off. A 42 is very similar but is not a handle as there is no socket for a blade.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Wooden doll, figurine or handle. The end is semi circular, narrowing in the centre with square protrusions providing grip, a central hole and two slotted hafting supports mark where a blade would have been. Some areas of delamination and loss to the tip.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:27398

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