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~ Mask for a Horse's Head.

Period: Early Iron Age

Culture: Pazyryk

Date: 5th-4th century B.C.

Place of origin: Altai Territory, Pazyryk Boundary, the Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan; Archaeological site: Pazyryk Barrow No. 5 (excavations by S.I. Rudenko, 1949)

Medium: Felt and leather