Figurine of dressed teenager
This is an elongated thin figurine. The surface of the statuette is covered with thin horizontal lines. The figurine in the front and back contains images of triangles that imitate the pubis in front and the tail in the back (significantly lower than the pubis). There are some traces of red paint in the "tail" area and on the thighs.
Manufacturing technique
Shaping was made with a planning knife. On the face we can see some traces of a burin treatment. The other traces are covered with polishing. Decoration is made with a knife and a cutting tool.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found because of polishing.
Storage location
The State Historical museum of RussiaInventory number
1822/629Size
Length - 56,79 mm
Width - 7,15 mm
Thickness - 6,38 mm
Details:
Length (head) - 9,93 mm
Width (head) - 5,56 mm
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1957
Publications
Lbova L.V. Volkov P.V. Pigment Decoration of Paleolithic Anthropomorphic Figurines from Siberia, In: Rock Art Research, 2017, Vol.34, 2, 169–178.
Abramova Z. A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. – M.-L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. – 85 s. C. 47, tabl. XLVIII, 8
Gerasimov M. M. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka Mal'ta (raskopki 1956–1957 gg.)// SE. – 1958. - № 3. – S. 28-52. S. 47, tabl. 18,a
Lipnina E. 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. 157-163
Lbova L.V., Volkov P.V., Bocharova E.N., Kovalev V.S., Hajkunova N.A.. Osnovnye priemy modelirovaniya i dekorirovaniya paleoliticheskoj antropomorfnoj skul'ptury s pamyatnika Mal'ta (Vostochnaya Sibir'). // Arheologiya, etnografiya i antropologiya Evrazii, tom 45 № 3, 2017. S. 48-55 DOI: 10.17746/1563-0102.2017.45.3.048-055
