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Introduction

Catlinite pendant with incised lines and a single hole. From the Normal School Collection.

Materials

Catlinite

Techniques or Format

Edges are smoothed, rounded and polished.

Motifs and Patterns

In the shape of a raindrop.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS20130
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
GKS Reference Number: 26126
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pendant. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS20130. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26126.

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

46.7296, -94.6859

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