Sculpture (androgyne)
A combined image, close to phallic, which depicts a typical female sign - a triangle. The head, which is also the base of the phallus, is carefully rounded off; a large indentation is hollowed out of it on the reverse side. The head of the phallus (tip) is depicted as a spatula, flattened on one side.
Manufacturing technique
Lateral and transverse lines are made with a burin. The middle part is the zone of probable scraping, the head is separated from the body by a burin canal, the female sign is cut with the burin. The grinding is probable.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces are not found.
Storage location
The State Hermitage MuseumInventory number
370/728Size
The general length of the item - 79.79 mm
The basement (head) - 29.87 mm
Foreskin - 10.07 mm
Thickness in the upper part - 19.67 mm
Thickness in the middle part - 11,78 mm
Thickness in the lower part - 6.26 mm
Width of the upper part - 22.76 mm
Width of the middle part – 13.86 mm
Width of the lower part - 8.57 mm
Material
IvoryDating
19-23 th years BPCulture
Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological cultureThe author of the excavations
Gerasimov M.M.1929
Publications
Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. 1962. Tabl. XLVIII, 11
