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Introduction

Bird pendant made of shell. Incised. Normal School Collection.

Place of Origin: Ontario, CAN
Materials

Shell

Techniques or Format

Carved and incised

Motifs and Patterns

Bird

Dimensions: 4.5 × 5 × 2 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS38628
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1887
Collection Narratives and Histories

Purchased by the ROM from Mrs. I. Chadd; field collector was G.J. Chadd

Publication History

Appeared in AARO 1921-22:122 photo

GKS Reference Number: 25634
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pendant. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS38628. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 25634.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Ashley Casey (AC),Stacey Loyer (SL).

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