Raccoon Baculum whittled as a Pendant

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This raccoon baculum, or penis bone, features an incision near its end. The presence of this incision implies that a cord was once wrapped around the object, likely to create a pendant. Male raccoons are notorious for their aggressive mating behavior, which suggests this relic may have been used as a fertility icon. Archaeologists discovered this artifact at the House for Families on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. It was meticulously scanned in three dimensions using a NextEngine Desktop 3D scanner within the archaeology laboratory at George Washington's Mount Vernon.