A bead of irregular shape
This is a bead made of a flat agalmatolite fragement with central drilling; on the surface there are traces of a color pigment. The shape of the item is irregular, angular.
Manufacturing technique
The drilling is two-sided speedy. Drilling is more than 180°. Diameter of the channel is flat.
Use-wear traces
The surface is covered with traces from a contact with a soft organic material. Presumably, the item was sewn from both sides to the skin or the fur (in places of “sewing” polishing is more intensive).
Storage location
The State Historical museum of RussiaInventory number
1830/38-VISize
Length - 10,47 мм;
Width – 8,82 мм;
Thickness - 2,13 мм.
Diametr of the outer hole – 2,33 мм.
Material
stone (agalmatolite)Dating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1958
Publications
Lipnina Е. 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. 137-156
