Denisovan Ancestry in East Eurasian and Native American Populations

11 June 2013

Quartz bird figure from Hemet, California, collection of Karon Schwab

Quartz bird figure from Hemet, California, collection of Karon Schwab (click photo to expand)

Side 2

Side 1 with scale



There is a ledge and a pad which fits the thumb in a secure grip of the bird figure which presents the beak as a possible tool bit 

Right profile, note inclusion exposed as the bird's eye and the stone work to sculpt the beak

Bird head with detail-worked bird's eye in left profile. Note the faint incised mouth line on the beak as well as a nostril. (click photo to expand)

View from on top of the bird, showing some black inclusions in the stone

-kbj

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