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Bronze Plaque

6th-7th century AD

Bronze

5.2 x 9.3 cm

Perm Region

This plaque is composed of seven elk/men with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet. They are shown walking in procession, one behind the other, along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater, a subject associated with the cult of twins.

 

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