Bird With a Human Mask on the Chest: iconography and function

• Published in: Археология Евразийских степей
• Main Author: Anastasiia D. Muratbakieva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: State institution «Tatarstan Аcademy of Sciences» 2021
• Subjects: archaeology; ural-siberian cult casting; bird with a human mask on the chest; the upper kama region; middle ages; iconography; votive objects; CC1-960; Yakovlev; Kama; Pechora
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2021.5.285.296; https://doaj.org/article/861a156317994485bca03bc11e0a0508

The Ural-Siberian cult metal casting includes many images, one of which it is an image of the so-called “bird with a human mask on the chest”. A similar image is found in metal-plastics of Perm (4th-11th centuries AD), Pechora (4th-9th centuries AD) and West Siberian (5th-9th centuries AD) animal st...