bone pin

bone pin

bone pin

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Introduction

Bone awl with rounded butt. The Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1891 notes that it was used as a fastening pin for clothing, rather than as an awl or needle. Normal School Collection.

Date Made or Date Range: 19 C
Materials

Animal bone

Techniques or Format

Carved, smoothed, butt is rounded.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Item may have been used as fastening pins for clothing

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1891. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "Both of these specimens form part of the W. G. Long collection, which is unusually rich in bone implements... Any kind of ornamentation on such objects is of rare occurrence, but figures 129 and 130 are notable exceptions. They were probably used as fastening pins for clothing, rather than as awls or needles. Fig. 130 is worn very smooth on one side, and is notched for suspension or attachment at the head." See publication history below for full citation details.

Condition: Intact
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

ROM record notes object was collected by W. G. Long in 1886.

Date is based on description in the Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1891. See publication history below for full citation details.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS7084
Collection at Current Location: Normal School Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Toronto Normal School Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1886
Collection Narratives and Histories

Part of the W. G. Long collection

Publication History

Sketch & comment appear in the Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario: David Boyle, "Notes on Specimens," in Fourth Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, Session of 1890-91, being an Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1891 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1891) p. 54.

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

A complete set of the AAROs are available in the library of the Royal Ontario Museum. This volume is also available as a digital copy through the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)

GKS Reference Number: 26452
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bone pin. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS7084. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26452.

Record Creation Context

Record created as a result of a GRASAC-sponsored research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, December 15-19, 2008. Research costs supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant (2007-2010, Ruth Phillips, PI). Record created during post-trip clean up by project RA Lisa Truong, under the supervision of Heidi Bohaker.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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