Diadem with rhombus
A fragment of an ivory diadem. The item is slightly bent. There is a through-hole along the left edge of the item. On the front side, there are notches and scratches. The central scratches form a strip of three parallel lines. The whole image is not found.
Manufacturing technique
The drilling of the through-hole was made with a reamer from both sides. Double-sided flaring of the hole is noticed. The outer surface is not ornamented and treated with a push-plane. The surface has notches and scratches as well as traces of dendrites. The surface is partially polished. There is a crack close to one of the edges. The plate's corners are broken from both sides. The inner side of the plate is treated with a push-plane and polished.
Use-wear traces
We notice traces of high degree of wear of the through-hole. These can tell us about permanent contact with, probably, a string (i.e. the item was used in a bunch).
Storage location
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (The Kunstkamera)Inventory number
5406-410/ВSize
Length - 123 mm
Width - 37 mm
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1932
Publications
Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963 –S. 50 (tab. 54) (In Russ.)
