1. ‘Kondonskaya Nefertiti’. 4th–3rd millennium BC An elegant clay figurine is an artifact of the primitive art of the Lower Amur region.
It was discovered by famous Soviet archaeologist Alexei Okladnikov near the village of Kondon in Khabarovsk Territory in 1963 and it was from him that she received her nickname. According to him, this figurine is a generalized image of female beauty, so self-sufficient that it can decorate absolutely any space with just itself. Just like the legendary head of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.
Such figures had cult or ritual significance and could be located in the home sanctuary. 2. Hilt plate with pommel in the form of a wolf's head.
8th-6th centuries BC According to archaeologist and historian Nikolai Smirnov, it was an accidental find in Transbaikal at the beginning of the 20th century. In terms of the level of plastic solution, this is an incredible thing. It appears to be the standard of man with military and religious functions.
Stylistically, it can be ranked with the antiquities of the Scythian-Siberian animal style, but, nevertheless, it is unique in its kind and belongs to its locality. 3. Plaque with the image of a winged goddess on spiders, 7th-8th centuries AD In the center is a female image of a goddess, who has anthropomorphic features: Instead of hands, she has wings and bear claws on her feet, while her face has a birdlike expression.
“The great rarity is that she is depicted standing on two spiders, referring to the �.