Lost Head Sculpture
It is a fragment of a small statuette without the head, shoulders and lower end of the legs. A transverse line separating the abdomen from the chest, and a long longitudinal line separating the legs are visible. The overall outlines of the figures are elongated, slender.
Manufacturing technique
All work is done with a cutting tool with a narrow working edge. On the lower back, the work is made with a cutting tool. While making the contour of hands a cutting tool was used.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
370/762The Museum KAMIS
noSize
| (mm) | ||||
| The general parameters of the item | Body | The lower part from thighs | The lower part from thighs on the back | |
| Length | 27.27 | 13.64 | 12.95 | 16.04 |
| Thickness | 6.59 | 5.84 |
6.51 |
|
| Width | 7.26 |
7.34 |
6.83 |
|
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 Еvrazii / AN SSSR. IA. - L.: Nauka, 1966, S.197, tabl. VI, 7
Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963, S. 46, tabl. XLVII, 6 i XLVIII, 3
