Blank of a woman figurine
This is a very rough blank of a female figurine with a triangular saggy chest and bulging belly. The figurine is flattened on the back. Parallel lines are found on one of the buttocks. The surface has a very bad quality of preservation.
Manufacturing technique
On the head of the figurine, the contours of future wave-like lines are traced.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Historical museum of RussiaInventory number
1822/622Size
Length - 85,86 mm
Width - 33,61 mm (thighs), 20,38 mm (head)
Thickness - 25,03 mm (tummy), 21,91 mm (head)
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1957
Publications
Abramova Z. A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. – M.-L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. – 85 s. C. 47, tabl. XLVIII, 6
Gerasimov M. M. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka Mal'ta (raskopki 1956–1957 gg.)// SE. – 1958. - № 3. – S. 28-52. S. 47, tabl. 18,b
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
