Tool

About this object

Narrative

Percy F. Broughton is thought to have collected this artifact while he served as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, in Lake Harbour on Baffin Island, from 1911-1912.

Physical description

Small, spoon-shaped tool. The flat 'blade' and shaft are made of folded metal. The metal end is long and shaped like a drop, with a pointed tip. The handle of the piece is wood, broken with a portion missing, connected to the metal by sinew wrapping.