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| This is a small petrified snake |
Paleolithic men hated snakes, probably for the simple reason that many of them were bitten by them, and surely some even died. As strange as this may sound, they would actually do strange things to the snakes, like tie them into knots and shape them into small totems, like this one...
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| Close up on the head, click on picture to magnify. |
The man and the pet, already visible on this piece and this piece seem to appear again on this one:
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| The man and the pet, click on picture to magnify. |
Size: ~3.5 cm
Material: Mineralized organism (snake)
Restored: No
Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA
Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic
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