Flying Bird (Buret')
The head is diamond-shaped, the wings are oval, not big. The neck is elongated. The corpus is a little convex, the tummy is flattened. The legs are not cut, but outlined. In the lower part there is a small hole. The surface of the body and the tail part has green traces.
Manufacturing technique
The quality of preservation is medium. The blank is treated with a planing knife along the contour. The surface of the neck, the body, and the tummy are treated with a push-plane. The preliminary preparation of drilling is expressed by flattening and made with a planing knife. The drilling is double-sided and is made with a reamer. The traces of hanging are not found.
Use-wear traces
The traces of hanging are not found. The body and the tail part are painted green.
Storage location
Irkutsk Regional Art MuseumInventory number
КП 6730 С378Size
Length - 85 mm
Width of the body - 20 mm
Thickness - 4 mm (average)
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Okladnikov A.P.1940
Publications
Okladnikov A.P. Paleoliticheskie zhilishcha v Bureti (po raskopkam 1936 – 1940gg.). // KSIIMK, H, 1941. C. 16-40
