Adam Arkfeld identified an animal head figure here, perhaps a canine
Side 2 of animal head figure
Credit: Anthropos Museum, Brno, the Czech Republic, courtesy of Mietje Germonpre
"Among many northern indigenous peoples, it was believed that the head contains the spirit or soul," Germonpré explained. "Some of these peoples made a hole in the braincase of the killed animal so that the spirit might be released." The mammoth bone in the dog's mouth could signify "that the dog was 'fed' to accompany the soul of the dead (animal) on its journey."
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