[Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant

[Sonia O'Connor]

Dear Christian,


This is definitely not an ivory but the structure could well be that of shell.


All the best,

Sonia


Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York
Post-doctoral Researcher
Archaeological Sciences
Division of AGES
University of Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP

Tel 01274 236498


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From: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70 at yahoo.fr>
Sent: 26 January 2016 19:08
To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
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
[https://cf.dropboxstatic.com/static/images/icons128/folder_dropbox.png]<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se3me603yawe098/AACWXklkNoXRzWcXzpRHle7ea?dl=0>

Ivory pendant<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/se3me603yawe098/AACWXklkNoXRzWcXzpRHle7ea?dl=0>
www.dropbox.com
Shared with Dropbox



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



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