Abstract
This article gives a description of wooden artifacts recovered from an oxbow peat bog at the Vis II settlement in the vicinity of Lake Sindorskoye (Komi Republic, Russia). The article attempts to identify their function determining a number of artifacts as cherkan parts, a jaw trap used in trapping small fur-bearing animals. The assemblage described also comprises bow drills with elaborate string attachment, a composite tool, hoes, blind parts covering windows of huts without a chimney, a hanging hook, a ski, handles of various objects, a ball probably used in play, and a human fi gurine considered to be a cult object or toy.
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