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Inuit wood carving from about 1350 depicts a European
An Inuit wood figurine from Baffin Island in Nunavut depicts a European.
It is dated to around 1350, about a century before Columbus.
The carving is considered the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere.
It offers evidence of how a European was represented in an Inuit carving from that period.
The figurine’s maker and the identity of the person depicted are not stated.
No further steps or plans are given.
An Inuit wood carving dated to around AD 1350 depicts a European.
The figurine is described as the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere.
It was made about a century before Columbus.
The carving is from Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
- Who
- The Inuit maker is not identified; the figurine depicts a European.
- What
- A carved wood figurine depicts a European.
- When
- Circa 1350.
- Where
- Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
- Why
- Not stated
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An Inuit carving of a European, dated to around AD 1350 — the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere.
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- Date made
- Circa AD 1350
- Material
- Wood
- Origin
- Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Subject
- A European
- Significance
- Described as the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere
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