[Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant

[Nerissa Russell]

I would guess shell.

Nerissa Russell
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University


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Subject: [Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant

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'anthropologie
Université de Montréal
christian.gates-st-pierre at umontreal.ca<mailto:christian.gates-st-pierre at umontreal.ca>



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