Abstract
This work is dedicated to the manufacturing technology and functional analysis of the zoomorphic figurine from the Late Upper Palaeolithic site of Byki-7(I). This site is located on left bank of the Seim River in the Desna basin (Russia). The date of Byki-7(I) was generated through the analysis of horse and reindeer bones by L. Sulerzhitsky : 17000 ± 90 BP. In 2004, the site’s first truly figurative artefact was discovered. The shape of the artefact is unique. It is a large ivory ring with a sculptural top shaped like a horse’s head. The zoomorphic figurine is significant in that it may provide certain information concerning the beliefs of the seasonal camp’s dwellers. Unlike many Western European horse figurines with carved details such as eyes, nostrils, etc., the specimen in question, as mentioned above, is rather schematic. The carver’s high skill proves that the schematic representation of the horse’s image was deliberate. This leads us to consider the symbolic character of this artefact.
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