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Personal adornment
18050-12050 BC
National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
Santillana del Mar (Cantabria, Spain), Spain
Atrophied deer canines accompanied the men and women of the Upper Palaeolithic since their youth, at least, until the last rite of passage associated with death. Its abundance in the burials reveals the importance they had.
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Details
- Title: Personal adornment
- Date Created: 18050-12050 BC
- Provenance: Cave of Altamira (Cantabria, Spain)
- Type: Adornment
- External Link: CERES
- Medium: Deer canine
- Rights: National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira
- Cultural Context: Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian
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