The head of a statuette with a hood
This is a head of oval shape with a break on the neck line. The face is damaged, the chest is highlighted. The hood (hairstyle) is separated from face part with low roller and decorated with rows of indentations. There is no face. Flat flake.
Manufacturing technique
Ornamentation of the hairdress and the neck are made with a burin.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
370/767Size
Length (height) - 25.09 mm;
Width - 14.49 mm;
Thickness - 10.44 mm.
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1930
Publications
Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. 1962. Tabl. XLVI, 3 i XLIX, 3
