Bracelet
Bent thin ivory plate which has two through-holes on the edges. The item is not ornamented.
Manufacturing technique
The drilling with a reamer from both sides is noticed. The holes are flared. On the outer side, the item is treated with a push-plane. On the inner side the surface is smoothed, but there are traces of hewness on the end of the egde.
Use-wear traces
The polishing of the inner side tells us about a permanent contact, i.e. wearing as an item of decoration. The hewness of the edges can tell us about the abrasion and contact with hard surface. For instance, the edges of the item could contact with each other. Or it can tell us about a contact with an item of clothes. The degree of wearing of the through-holes indicates the fastening.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
370\735The Museum KAMIS
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/1401498Size
Height - 7.67 mm
Length - 27.35+21.27+31.0 mm
Thickness - 2. 77 mm
Diameter - 41.68 mm
Diameter of the holes - 2.29-2.30 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 // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963 –S. 51 (tab. 54) (In Russ.)
