Accession No
Z 46148.42 A
Description
Wooden doll, figurine or handle. Central shaft with semicircular shape at one end and a deep triangular notch at the other; small rectangular projections from either side of the shaft near the centre; circular hole in the shaft near the tip of the notch and a rectangular hole near the semicircular end. Semicircular end detached but present.
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 46148.42 A; A42 A [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
115mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Broken doll, figure or handle.
Event Date
Author: maa
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: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Head broken off, but present.
Event Date 15/2/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Wooden doll, figurine or handle. Central shaft with semicircular shape at one end and a deep triangular notch at the other; small rectangular projections from either side of the shaft near the centre; circular hole in the shaft near the tip of the notch and a rectangular hole near the semicircular end. Semicircular end detached but present.
Event Date 24/9/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:27433
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