shell ornament

shell ornament

shell ornament

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Introduction

Shell ornament incised with chevrons, lines and X's. Normal School Collection.

Materials

Shell

Techniques or Format

Observe in photograph on the back, hole for pendant drilled through shell nodule.

Motifs and Patterns

Incised on front: one chevron and two rectangles with an X in top third of each.
LD says this is a cover with a hinge to fit over something of the same material.

Dimensions: 0 × 4 × 5 cm
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS25518
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: 25938
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, shell ornament. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS25518. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 25938.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Lewis Debassige (LD), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Stacey Loyer (SL), Darlene Johnston (DJ) and April Hawkins (AH), Anne de Stecher.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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