Fish vertebrae beads

Mal'ta collection includes beads made of large (more than 10 mm diameter) or medium (5-7 mm diametr) fish vertebrae (taimen). It was noticed three versions of bracings the items: without treatment (the use of brain canal), the through-drilling of vertebrae, the drilling of three holes (probably for complex bracing). 



Manufacturing technique

Drilling the vertebra across the brain canal was made with a long drill. 


Use-wear traces

Use-wear traces are not found. 


Storage location

The State Hermitage Museum

Inventory number

370/595.597.598

Size

370/597 and 370/595 (similar)

Diameter of vetebrae - 11.07 mm

Height - 5.23 mm

370/598

Height - 6.51 mm

Diameter - 6.61 mm


Material

fish bone

Dating

19-23 th years BP

Culture

Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological culture

The author of the excavations

Gerasimov M.M.

Publications

Abramova Z.A. Paleoliticheskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR // SAI, vyp. A 4-3. M,- L.: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963 – S. 51 (tab.51,5)