[Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant

[Christian Gates St-Pierre]

Thanks everyone. Two people have suggested it could be shell based on the microstructure. Are there varieties of shell that have such a yellowish and bonish aspect at a macro-level of observation?
 Christian Gates St-Pierre, PhD
Chercheur invité / Invited Researcher
Département d'anthropologieUniversité de Montréalchristian.gates-st-pierre at umontreal.ca
 

      De : Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>
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#yiv1903094493 #yiv1903094493 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv1903094493 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 YorkPost-doctoral ResearcherArchaeological SciencesDivision of AGESUniversity of BradfordBradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP
Tel 01274 236498

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
|  | Ivory pendantwww.dropbox.comShared with Dropbox |



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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