Objects Made of Animal Bone
Bone and antler artifacts of the Archaic Period have been found at only a very few sites in the Ottawa Valley because soil chemistry destroys objects made of organic raw materials. Among the items uncovered are harpoon heads, delicate eyed needles, pendants and awls. These artifacts provide a rare glimpse of the variety and richness of bone and antler tools from the Archaic Period.
 | Fish-hook
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 5 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CMC BkGg-12-3137 |  | Eyed needle
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 8 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CMC BkGg-12-5957 |  | Awl
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 8 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CMC BkGg-12-483 |
 | Harpoon head
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 20 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CMC BkGg-12-363a&b |  | Pendant
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 4 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CMC BkGg-12-3007 |  | Fragment of a decorated object
Morrison's Island, Quebec
(near Pembroke, Ontario)
5,000 years old
Bone
Length: 4 cm
Gift of Clyde Kennedy, 1994
CM BkGg-12-4059 |
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