[Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant

[Christian Gates St-Pierre]

Hi folks,
I have a colleague who found an artifact on an Iroquoian site in Ontario and has two questions about it:
1) Could it be ivory?
2) What function could it have? A pendant is the best interpretation I could think of considering the two (partial) perforations, but I wonder if there could be any other possibilities I should consider?
You can see pictures of the artifact on this link to Drobox, including a close-up picture of the fractured section showing the structural composition of the object:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se3me603yawe098/AACWXklkNoXRzWcXzpRHle7ea?dl=0
Any suggestion, hint or comment would be much appreciated.
Best,
 Christian Gates St-Pierre, PhD
Chercheur invité / Invited Researcher
Département d'anthropologieUniversité de Montréalchristian.gates-st-pierre at umontreal.ca
 

  
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