MEZIN (АРТЭФАКТЫ)
(частка 1)
Mezin Scene
Two skulls with tusks form the arched entrances, the tusks being joined by a hollow leg bone. Antlers were woven together to help form the roof. Note that the entrance was apparently screened with a mammoth hide door.
Photo: J. Jelinek, 'The Evolution of Man' These sculptures and others like them from Mezin have been variously described as phallic figurines, birds, and bird/woman hybrids. They were made originally in Mammoth ivory.
Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008 Source: Facsimiles in the Vienna Natural History Museum Stylized female figurine from Mezin.
Photo: ©A. Marshack Source: Soffer et al. (2000) Design motifs on some Mezin figurines.
Photo: Soffer et al. (2000) Mezin Art mammoth ivory 'phallic figurines' and birds
Photo: O.Soffer, 'The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain' Bracelet from Mezin
Photo: http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient/iceage/ex038_04d.html Bracelet from Mezin - showing the total design
Photo: http://turing.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/avital/a16.htm