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Anthropomorphic Figurine

20th-18th millenium BC

Fired clay

H 10.2 cm

Maininsk settlement, Siberia

This figurine is made from reddish-brown fired clay. In profile it is slightly bent, its arms, legs and head conveyed by projections. It is considered to be unique, for this is the first clay object of the Eneolithic era uncovered on Russian territory.

 

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