An Inuit carving of a European, dated to around AD 1350 — the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere. (Image credit: Canadian Museum of History, IMG2009-0063-0154-Dm)QUICK FACTSName: Inuit figurineWhat it is: A carved wood figurineWhere it is from: Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaWhen it was made: Circa 1350This wooden figurine was discovered in 1977 in an early house built by the ancestors of the Inuit on Baffin Island in northern Canada. The unique carving represents a person wearing European clothing and a cross on their chest. Dated to 1350, the figurine is the earliest Indigenous representation of a European anywhere in the Western Hemisphere and probably depicts a Nor...