Children's sculpture in overalls

A miniature sculpture of a child in a fur jumpsuit. The head is disproportionately large. The face is flat, wide, eyes and noseare marked. A massive chin is highlighted. The chest is not marked, the pelvis is wide, raised. The hands folded on the stomach are outlined. The legs are not dissected, there is a hole in the lower leg area. The surface is covered with an ornament of C-shaped marks. In the neck area, three incisor lines are made. Shaping is not clear. The elements of the face are made with a burin in a very high quality, so the eyes, the wings of the nose and the mouth are visible.



Manufacturing technique

The through-hole is made with a two-sided reamer. Face elements and the ornament are made with a burin. 


Use-wear traces

Use-wear traces are not found.


Storage location

The State Hermitage Museum

Inventory number

370/752

The Museum KAMIS

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/1401515

Size

(мм)
  General parameters of the item Head Body A lower part of thighs Face part Womb Diametr of the hole
Length 43.78 16.33 9.62 17.44 8.14 4.07 2.98
Thickness   8.95 8.28

8.63

      
Width Max. 10.97

9.9

10.4

11.25

5.49(heels)

     3.88(on the back)

Material

Ivory

Dating

19-23 th years BP

Culture

Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological culture

The author of the excavations

Gerasimov M.M.
1930

Publications

Abramova Z.A. Izobrazhenie cheloveka v paleoliticheskom iskusstve Evrazii / AN SSSR. IA. - L.: Nauka, 1966, S.195, tabl. VIII, 6 

Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963, S. 46, tabl. XLIV, 2 i XLVII, 1

Gerasimov M.M. Mal'ta. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka (predvaritel'nye dannye): rezul'taty rabot 1928/29 g. – Irkutsk: Vlast' truda, 1931, s.20, tabl.13,a

Gerasimov M.M. Raskopki paleoliticheskoj stoyanki v s.Mal'ta // Paleolit SSSR: Materialy po istorii dorodovogo obshchestva. M.- L., 1935. - Izv. GAIMK - Vyp. 118, S.85, ris.5

Lbova L.V. Simvolicheskij interrakcionizm mal'tinskoj antropomorfnoj paleoliticheskoj skul'ptury // Iskusstvo Evrazii. - 2018. - №2(9). - S. 18-32