Fossil in the making or Indian artifact?

[BeachComber7]

Found this on the edge of the river and plucked it out of the water. It is definitely bone. I can see porous material that may or may not be visible in the pictures. What's interesting is the scrape marks which are not very deep and the orangey discoloration that can be seen by the scraping. It would not do much if any tumbling in the river.

Any ideas?

 

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[Harry Pristis]

Found this on the edge of the river and plucked it out of the water. It is definitely bone. I can see porous material that may or may not be visible in the pictures. What's interesting is the scrape marks which are not very deep and the orangey discoloration that can be seen by the scraping. It would not do much if any tumbling in the river.

Any ideas?

I don't recognize this object. My first impression was "cuttlebone," but that's just an impression, not an ID.

 

[BeachComber7]

Turns out Harry its a celt bone.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Turns out Harry its a celt bone.

Well, I don't know if it's a celt or not; but, it's not a "celt bone." I did see that you cross-posted these images into the artifacts forum. The ID you got there was "shell celt."

Shell celts are shaped from the thick shell of gastropods such as conchs and whelks, not from bone.

Perhaps you'll post more images of your object for a more confident ID.

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[GatorBoy]

Must be from a skunk ape