Ornithomorphic sculpture

The composition includes two traditions of bird imaging: serial images of flying waterfowl, possessing a unity of morphology and style, and individual images of birds.

Images of flying birds, represented by a series of figurines on blade’s blanks, are made in a unified technique and have a fundamental unity of technology and morphology, although there are slight variations in shape (shape of wings or head, size, contour of the tail section). Characteristic features of these birds are: elongated proportions, a straight, thin neck, an elongated head, a three-dimensional body, highlighted legs, a tail end with a hole, or without it, and rather small wings. The collection contains some blanks of figurines and some items of varying degrees of completeness. 

Three objects that have individual specific stylistic, morphological and technological features represent “Individual items”. The basis of such items is a bar blank up to 5–10 cm long.

Collection

Feeding swan

The image of a bird with curved neck

Partridge

Ornithomorphic image

Big Goose

Image of a large bird (goose)

Bird with an eyelet

The image of a bird with an eyelet on the back

Blank of a bird figurine

Rough blank of an ornithomomorphic sculpture

Flying bird (goose)

Image of a flying waterfowl (probably, goose)

Flying bird (goose)

Image of a flying long-necked waterfowl

Flying bird with shortened proportions

The image of a flying waterfowl, the proportions are shortened

Flying bird

Image of a flying waterfowl

Flying bird

Image of a flying waterfowl with square wings

Flying bird

Image of a flying bird with a long neck

Flying bird

Image of a flying waterfowl

Flying bird

Image of a flying waterfowl

Flying bird (with traces of pigment)

Image of a flying waterfowl

Flying bird

Image of a flying waterfowl with a sharp beak

Flying Bird (Buret')

Figurine of a flying bird 

Publications

Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. – M.; L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. – 85 s., 63 tabl.

Volkova YU. S. Iskusstvo malyh form Severnoj Azii v ehpohu verhnego paleolita. – Dissertaciya na soiskanie u. stepeni kand. ist. nauk. – Kemerovo, 2011. S. 254.

Gerasimov M.M. Mal'ta. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka (predvaritel'nye dannye): rezul'taty rabot 1928/29 g. – Irkutsk: Vlast' truda, 1931. – 34 s.

Lbova L. V., Pankina A. I. Mal'tinskaya ornitomorfnaya plastika kak kul'turnyj kod paleoliticheskogo naseleniya Sibiri // Iskusstvo Evrazii.- 2018. - №4 (11). – S. 13-14

Pankina A.I. Ornitomorfnaya skul'ptura stoyanki Mal'ta: klassifikaciya na osnove tekhnologicheskogo analiza // Sovremennye problemy izucheniya drevnih i tradicionnyh kul'tur narodov Evrazii: mat-ly LVII Ros. (s mezhdunar. uchastiem) arheol.-ehtnogr. konf. studentov, aspirantov i molodyh uchenyh, g. Surgut, 17–21 aprelya 2017 g. – Novosibirsk: Izd-vo IAEHT SO RAN, 2017b. – S. 292.

SHmidt I. V. Izobrazitel'noe tvorchestvo v paleolite Severnoj Azii: metodiki interpretacij (istoriograficheskij aspekt). – Dissertaciya na soiskanie u. stepeni kand. ist. nauk. – Novosibirsk, 2006. – S. 344.