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<p>Dear Christian,</p>
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<p>This is definitely not an ivory but the structure could well be that of shell.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Bonetools <bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70@yahoo.fr><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 26 January 2016 19:08<br>
<b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] A possible ivory pendant</font>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47210"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">Hi folks,</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47330" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">I have a colleague who found an artifact on an Iroquoian site in Ontario and has two questions about it:</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47546" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">1) Could it be ivory?</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47331" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">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?</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47431" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">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:<br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47469" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">Any suggestion, hint or comment would be much appreciated.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47467" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453820453316_47255">Best,</span></div>
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