Miniature striped statue
The statuette is presented in the form of a longitudinal fragment without the head and a left part. Perhaps the head was not made, because the tusk fragment has a typical breakdown and there is no continuation (there is the last circular cutting). The right arm and legs are marked with clear lines. The body is covered with horizontal circular parallel cuts. On the back of the fragment remnants of the hole are visible. The womb is made with a planning knife.
Manufacturing technique
The whole ornament is made with a burin. Firstly longitudinal lines for arms and legs were made, then transverse - for clothing. All made with a burin. At first grinding was done on the plane of fragmentation, and then the figure was ornamented. At the base of the sculpture there are traces of double-sided drilling with seamed edges (fragment).
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
370/759The Museum KAMIS
noSize
| (mm) | ||||||
| General parameters of the item | Body | A lower part of thighs | A lower part of thighs on the back | Womb | Diametr of hole | |
| Length | 47.50 | 15.78 | 31.10 | 32.86 | 4.90 | 1.63 |
| Thickness | 5.61 | 6.08 |
5.24 |
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| Width | 6.41 |
4.30 |
6.43 |
4.45 | ||
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe 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.197, №294, tabl. VIII, 10
Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963, S. 46, tabl. XLVII, 7 i XLVIII, 4
Lbova L.V. Simvolicheskij interrakcionizm mal'tinskoj antropomorfnoj paleoliticheskoj skul'ptury // Iskusstvo Evrazii. - 2018. - №2(9). - S. 18-32
