4,500-year-old statue with almond-shaped eyes and bushy eyebrows in a Bronze Age child's grave

Daily Mail ^ | 28 December 2017 | Will Stewart

[mairdie]

A creepy prehistoric doll with almond-shaped eyes has been unearthed in Siberia.

Another plaything, a mythical dragon-like animal head, made from antler or horn, was found alongside the artefact in the Bronze Age grave of a small child.

The finds have been added to what has been described as 'the oldest toy collection in the world' following a series of 4,500-year-old discoveries in the remote Khakassia region.

The toy, which is made of soapstone, is believed to be the oldest doll designed for play ever found.

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[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

How do they know it was designed as a “Toy”?

[oldasrocks]

Doll? Looks like an alien statue to me.

[mairdie]

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[Jamestown1630]

That’s what I wondered...

[mairdie]

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[mairdie]

PING

[WayneS]

Looks kind of like the guy in the painting “The Scream” - after he calmed down.

[Liberty Valance]

Looks somewhat Inuit to me.

[mairdie]

I want to know how they know the pig is a baby bottle.

One thing about the “doll” is that it doesn’t have anything of the look of a fertility figure. It’s beautifully made and in incredible condition.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s a collectible action figure. It’s not a doll.

[Jamestown1630]

I was thinking the ‘doll’ was some kind of talisman or representation of a deity...

[ClearCase_guy]

If it were still in the original packaging, it would be worth a lot more.

[TigersEye]

Another plaything, a mythical dragon-like animal head, made from antler or horn,

Yeah, maybe, or a crude horse's head.

[mairdie]

Horse’s head was my first thought, too.

[mairdie]

That was rather brilliant!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mairdie.

[TigersEye]

I don’t know why they say the other toy had “bushy eyebrows” either. It had some marks to indicate eyebrows but I don’t get “bushy” out of that. I don’t think it looks creepy either. It’s a little bit stylized like a lot of artwork.

I guess that’s just me.