Anthropomphic figurine (Buret')

The figurine of elongated proportions, dressed in overalls decorated with C-shaped ornament which covers the head, the arms, and the legs. The head has an elongated shape, dressed in a hood and divided from slope shoulders. The face is made partially, asymmetrically. The arms are elongated along the body. The legs are pressed tightly to each other. Womb zone is made as a low triangle. 



Manufacturing technique

not defined


Use-wear traces

The surface has traces of light polishing. 


Storage location

State Historical museum

Material

Ivory

Dating

19-23 th. years BP

Culture

Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological culture

The author of the excavations

Okladnikov A.P.
1936

Publications

Okladnikov A.P. Paleoliticheskaya statuetka iz Bureti (raskopki 1936 g.) // MIA SSSR. N 2. M.; L., 1941. (In Russian)

Okladnikov A.P. Paleoliticheskie zhenskie statuetki Bureti // MIA SSSR N 79. M.; L., 1960. (In Russian)

Okladnikov A.P. Buret', novaya paleoliticheskaya stoyanka na Angare // Sov. arheologiya. 1940. № 5. (In Russian)