Anthropomorphic head ("beetle")

The face part of the head is flattened; the volume of the head is expressed by the relief; the boundary between the facial and occipital part is not clearly expressed; on the back of the head there are 7 lines that accompany the rows of indentations (9-14 indentations in the same row); parietal area highlighted by a small bulge with twisting lines (helicity not traced); the line of the face from the neck is separated by a deep relief; the neck is flattened. The line of points has an independent ornamental value. 

Material: ivory
Sizes: Height - 46,2 mm, width - 25 mm
Region: Baikal region
Archeological culture: Mal'ta-Buret' archaeological culture
Site: Mal'ta
Storage location:

The State History Museum

Inventory number: 1822-619