Ornamented nail-shaped rod
This is a straight thin rod with a nail-shaped head (avdeevo barrette). The rod is covered with spiral ornament.
Manufacturing technique
The way of manufacturing is hard to define due to the polishingof the entire surface. The item was ornamented with a knife.
Use-wear traces
The distal part is broken off, traces of polishing from a contact with soft organic material are found over the break.
Storage location
The State Historical museum of RussiaInventory number
1822/639Size
Length - 58.69 mm;
Diametr of rod - 4.77 mm;
Diametr of a head - 9.05 mm.
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1957
Publications
Gerasimov M. M. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka Mal'ta (raskopki 19561957 gg.)// SE. – 1958. - № 3. – S. 28-52.
Lipnina Е. A. Mal'tinskoe mestonahozhdenie verhnepaleoliticheskih kul'tur: Sovremennoe sostoyanie izuchennosti i perspektivy issledovaniya: dissertaciya na soiskanie uch. stepeni kandidata istoricheskih nauk: 07.00.06. – Irkutsk, 2002. –310 s. S. 137-156
